#ECD971#ECD971

#ECD971 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.127 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD971
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 113)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 52.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.33, -6.55, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.33, 53.42, 97.05°)
OKLab	oklab(87.99% -0.0202 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(87.99% 0.127 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.3876, 68.6532, 25.5847)
Luminance	0.6865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD971 #7184EC

analogous

#EC9B71 #ECD971 #C1EC71

triadic

#ECD971 #71ECD9 #D971EC

tetradic

#ECD971 #71EC9B #7184EC #EC71C1

square

#ECD971 #71EC9B #7184EC #EC71C1

split-complementary

#ECD971 #71C1EC #9B71EC

monochromatic

#C8AD1B #E5CB3B #ECD971 #F3E7A7 #FAF6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#ECD971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD971

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD971	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)

#EAD468

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.127 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e49c',
    500: '#ecd971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd971;
$custom-light: #f4e49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87993,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD971

secondary

#3D52C4

accent

#2CD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD971

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →