#ECD772#ECD772

#ECD772 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.124 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD772
RGB	rgb(236, 215, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.83, -5.46, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.83, 52.24, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(87.6% -0.0169 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(87.6% 0.124 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.9318, 67.6511, 25.7120)
Luminance	0.6765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD772 #7287EC

analogous

#EC9A72 #ECD772 #C4EC72

triadic

#ECD772 #72ECD7 #D772EC

tetradic

#ECD772 #72EC9A #7287EC #EC72C4

square

#ECD772 #72EC9A #7287EC #EC72C4

split-complementary

#ECD772 #72C4EC #9A72EC

monochromatic

#C9AB1B #E5C83C #ECD772 #F3E6A8 #FBF6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#ECD772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#ECD772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD772

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD772	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D269

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 215, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.124 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e39d',
    500: '#ecd772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd772;
$custom-light: #f4e39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87601,
    "c": 0.12399,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD772

secondary

#3E55C4

accent

#30D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD772

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

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