#ECD579#ECD579

#ECD579 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.115 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD579
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.41, -3.83, 48.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.41, 48.23, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.29% -0.0115 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(87.29% 0.115 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.8395, 66.8043, 27.7226)
Luminance	0.6680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD579 #7990EC

analogous

#EC9C79 #ECD579 #C9EC79

triadic

#ECD579 #79ECD5 #D579EC

tetradic

#ECD579 #79EC9C #7990EC #EC79C9

square

#ECD579 #79EC9C #7990EC #EC79C9

split-complementary

#ECD579 #79C9EC #9C79EC

monochromatic

#CDAA1D #E4C443 #ECD579 #F4E6AF #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#ECD579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD579

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD579	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)

#E6D171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBC9BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.115 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e1a1',
    500: '#ecd579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd579;
$custom-light: #f4e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8729,
    "c": 0.11544,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD579

secondary

#445EC5

accent

#36D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD579

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

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