#ECD970#ECD970

#ECD970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.128 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD970
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 112)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 52.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.32, -6.63, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.32, 53.89, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(87.98% -0.0205 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(87.98% 0.128 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.3316, 68.6308, 25.2898)
Luminance	0.6863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD970 #7083EC

analogous

#EC9B70 #ECD970 #C1EC70

triadic

#ECD970 #70ECD9 #D970EC

tetradic

#ECD970 #70EC9B #7083EC #EC70C1

square

#ECD970 #70EC9B #7083EC #EC70C1

split-complementary

#ECD970 #70C1EC #9B70EC

monochromatic

#C7AD1A #E5CB3A #ECD970 #F3E7A6 #FAF6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#ECD970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD970

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD970	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.128 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e49c',
    500: '#ecd970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd970;
$custom-light: #f4e49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.806,
    "s": 76.543,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87981,
    "c": 0.12763,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD970

secondary

#3C51C4

accent

#2CD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD970

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

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