#ECD879#ECD879

#ECD879 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.118 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD879
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.17, -5.36, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.17, 49.30, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(87.9% -0.0159 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(87.9% 0.118 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.6010, 68.3274, 27.9764)
Luminance	0.6833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD879 #798DEC

analogous

#EC9E79 #ECD879 #C7EC79

triadic

#ECD879 #79ECD8 #D879EC

tetradic

#ECD879 #79EC9E #798DEC #EC79C7

square

#ECD879 #79EC9E #798DEC #EC79C7

split-complementary

#ECD879 #79C7EC #9E79EC

monochromatic

#CDAF1D #E4C843 #ECD879 #F4E8AF #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#ECD879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD879

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD879	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.118 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e3a1',
    500: '#ecd879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd879;
$custom-light: #f4e3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87895,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD879

secondary

#445BC5

accent

#31D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD879

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

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