#ECD878#ECD878

#ECD878 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.119 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD878
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 120)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.16, -5.45, 49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.16, 49.77, 96.28°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% -0.0162 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.119 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.5400, 68.3030, 27.6552)
Luminance	0.6830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD878 #788CEC

analogous

#EC9E78 #ECD878 #C6EC78

triadic

#ECD878 #78ECD8 #D878EC

tetradic

#ECD878 #78EC9E #788CEC #EC78C6

square

#ECD878 #78EC9E #788CEC #EC78C6

split-complementary

#ECD878 #78C6EC #9E78EC

monochromatic

#CDAE1D #E4C942 #ECD878 #F4E7AE #FBF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#ECD878 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD878

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD878	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.119 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e3a1',
    500: '#ecd878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd878;
$custom-light: #f4e3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87882,
    "c": 0.119,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD878

secondary

#435AC5

accent

#31D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD878

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

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