#ECD871#ECD871

#ECD871 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.126 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD871
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 113)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 52.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.08, -6.05, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.08, 53.06, 96.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.79% -0.0187 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(87.79% 0.126 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.1306, 68.1393, 25.4990)
Luminance	0.6814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD871 #7185EC

analogous

#EC9A71 #ECD871 #C2EC71

triadic

#ECD871 #71ECD8 #D871EC

tetradic

#ECD871 #71EC9A #7185EC #EC71C2

square

#ECD871 #71EC9A #7185EC #EC71C2

split-complementary

#ECD871 #71C2EC #9A71EC

monochromatic

#C8AC1B #E5C93B #ECD871 #F3E7A7 #FAF6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#ECD871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD871

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD871	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D368

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.126 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e39c',
    500: '#ecd871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd871;
$custom-light: #f4e39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8779,
    "c": 0.12581,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD871

secondary

#3D53C4

accent

#2ED90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD871

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

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