#ECD870#ECD870

#ECD870 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.127 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD870
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 112)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 52.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.06, -6.13, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.06, 53.53, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(87.78% -0.019 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(87.78% 0.127 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.0746, 68.1169, 25.2042)
Luminance	0.6811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD870 #7084EC

analogous

#EC9A70 #ECD870 #C2EC70

triadic

#ECD870 #70ECD8 #D870EC

tetradic

#ECD870 #70EC9A #7084EC #EC70C2

square

#ECD870 #70EC9A #7084EC #EC70C2

split-complementary

#ECD870 #70C2EC #9A70EC

monochromatic

#C7AB1A #E5C93A #ECD870 #F3E7A6 #FAF5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD870 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.62

#ECD870 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD870

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD870	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD870	1.00	1.44	14.62	14.62
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd870;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.127 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e39c',
    500: '#ecd870',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd870;
$custom-light: #f4e39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd870",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 76.543,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87778,
    "c": 0.12675,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD870

secondary

#3C52C4

accent

#2ED90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD870

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

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