#ECD578#ECD578

#ECD578 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.116 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD578
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 120)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.39, -3.92, 48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.39, 48.70, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(87.28% -0.0118 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(87.28% 0.116 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.7785, 66.7799, 27.4013)
Luminance	0.6678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD578 #788FEC

analogous

#EC9B78 #ECD578 #C9EC78

triadic

#ECD578 #78ECD5 #D578EC

tetradic

#ECD578 #78EC9B #788FEC #EC78C9

square

#ECD578 #78EC9B #788FEC #EC78C9

split-complementary

#ECD578 #78C9EC #9B78EC

monochromatic

#CDAA1D #E4C442 #ECD578 #F4E6AE #FBF6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD578 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#ECD578 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD578

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD578	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD578	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd578;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.116 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1a1',
    500: '#ecd578',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd578;
$custom-light: #f4e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd578",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.103,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87276,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD578

secondary

#435DC5

accent

#36D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD578

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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