#ECD74D#ECD74D

#ECD74D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.155 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD74D
RGB	rgb(236, 215, 77)
HSL	hsl(52, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.49, -7.98, 67.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.49, 68.24, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(87.22% -0.0282 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(87.22% 0.155 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.2347, 66.9722, 16.7739)
Luminance	0.6697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD74D #4D62EC

analogous

#EC884D #ECD74D #B2EC4D

triadic

#ECD74D #4DECD7 #D74DEC

tetradic

#ECD74D #4DEC88 #4D62EC #EC4DB2

square

#ECD74D #4DEC88 #4D62EC #EC4DB2

split-complementary

#ECD74D #4DB2EC #884DEC

monochromatic

#AC9812 #E4C918 #ECD74D #F2E384 #F8F0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD74D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#ECD74D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD74D

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD74D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD74D	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd74d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 215, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.155 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e386',
    500: '#ecd74d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd74d;
$custom-light: #f6e386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd74d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8722,
    "c": 0.15459,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD74D

secondary

#3041AD

accent

#25DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD74D

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

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