#ECD779#ECD779

#ECD779 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.117 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD779
RGB	rgb(236, 215, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.91, -4.85, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.91, 48.94, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(87.69% -0.0144 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(87.69% 0.117 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.3456, 67.8166, 27.8913)
Luminance	0.6781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD779 #798EEC

analogous

#EC9D79 #ECD779 #C8EC79

triadic

#ECD779 #79ECD7 #D779EC

tetradic

#ECD779 #79EC9D #798EEC #EC79C8

square

#ECD779 #79EC9D #798EEC #EC79C8

split-complementary

#ECD779 #79C8EC #9D79EC

monochromatic

#CDAD1D #E4C743 #ECD779 #F4E7AF #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#ECD779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD779

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD779	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)

#E8D371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 215, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.117 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e3a1',
    500: '#ecd779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd779;
$custom-light: #f4e3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.043,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87693,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD779

secondary

#445CC5

accent

#33D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD779

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

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