#ECD679#ECD679

#ECD679 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.116 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD679
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.66, -4.34, 48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.66, 48.58, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(87.49% -0.0129 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(87.49% 0.116 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.0918, 67.3089, 27.8067)
Luminance	0.6731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD679 #798FEC

analogous

#EC9D79 #ECD679 #C8EC79

triadic

#ECD679 #79ECD6 #D679EC

tetradic

#ECD679 #79EC9D #798FEC #EC79C8

square

#ECD679 #79EC9D #798FEC #EC79C8

split-complementary

#ECD679 #79C8EC #9D79EC

monochromatic

#CDAC1D #E4C643 #ECD679 #F4E6AF #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#ECD679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#ECD679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD679

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD679	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.116 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e2a1',
    500: '#ecd679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd679;
$custom-light: #f4e2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.522,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87491,
    "c": 0.11628,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD679

secondary

#445DC5

accent

#35D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD679

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

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