#ECD778#ECD778

#ECD778 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.118 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD778
RGB	rgb(236, 215, 120)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.90, -4.94, 49.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.90, 49.41, 95.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87.68% -0.0148 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(87.68% 0.118 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.2846, 67.7922, 27.5700)
Luminance	0.6779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD778 #788DEC

analogous

#EC9D78 #ECD778 #C7EC78

triadic

#ECD778 #78ECD7 #D778EC

tetradic

#ECD778 #78EC9D #788DEC #EC78C7

square

#ECD778 #78EC9D #788DEC #EC78C7

split-complementary

#ECD778 #78C7EC #9D78EC

monochromatic

#CDAD1D #E4C742 #ECD778 #F4E7AE #FBF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#ECD778 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD778

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD778	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 215, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.118 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e3a1',
    500: '#ecd778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd778;
$custom-light: #f4e3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.138,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8768,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD778

secondary

#435BC5

accent

#32D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD778

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

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