#ECD78E#ECD78E

#ECD78E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.095 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD78E
RGB	rgb(236, 215, 142)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(47, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 39.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.20, -2.79, 38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.20, 38.75, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(88.01% -0.0065 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(88.01% 0.095 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.7764, 68.3889, 35.4268)
Luminance	0.6839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD78E #8EA3EC

analogous

#ECA88E #ECD78E #D2EC8E

triadic

#ECD78E #8EECD7 #D78EEC

tetradic

#ECD78E #8EECA8 #8EA3EC #EC8ED2

square

#ECD78E #8EECA8 #8EA3EC #EC8ED2

split-complementary

#ECD78E #8ED2EC #A88EEC

monochromatic

#DAB225 #E3C45A #ECD78E #F5EAC2 #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD78E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#ECD78E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD78E

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD78E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD78E	1.00	1.43	14.68	14.68
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDB91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FACCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd78e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 215, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.095 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e3b0',
    500: '#ecd78e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd78e;
$custom-light: #f3e3b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd78e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.596,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88012,
    "c": 0.09505,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD78E

secondary

#5770C7

accent

#3DD312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD78E

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

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