#ECD874#ECD874

#ECD874 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.123 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD874
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 116)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 50.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.11, -5.80, 51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.11, 51.66, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(87.83% -0.0176 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(87.83% 0.123 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.3023, 68.2080, 26.4033)
Luminance	0.6821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD874 #7488EC

analogous

#EC9C74 #ECD874 #C4EC74

triadic

#ECD874 #74ECD8 #D874EC

tetradic

#ECD874 #74EC9C #7488EC #EC74C4

square

#ECD874 #74EC9C #7488EC #EC74C4

split-complementary

#ECD874 #74C4EC #9C74EC

monochromatic

#CAAD1C #E5C93E #ECD874 #F3E7AA #FBF6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#ECD874 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD874

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD874	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D36B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.123 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e39e',
    500: '#ecd874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd874;
$custom-light: #f4e39e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87829,
    "c": 0.12292,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD874

secondary

#4056C5

accent

#2FD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD874

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

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