#ECD972#ECD972

#ECD972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.126 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD972
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.34, -6.47, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.34, 52.96, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(88.01% -0.0198 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(88.01% 0.126 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.4442, 68.6759, 25.8828)
Luminance	0.6867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD972 #7285EC

analogous

#EC9C72 #ECD972 #C2EC72

triadic

#ECD972 #72ECD9 #D972EC

tetradic

#ECD972 #72EC9C #7285EC #EC72C2

square

#ECD972 #72EC9C #7285EC #EC72C2

split-complementary

#ECD972 #72C2EC #9C72EC

monochromatic

#C9AE1B #E5CA3C #ECD972 #F3E8A8 #FBF6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#ECD972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD972

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD972	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)

#EAD469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.126 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e49d',
    500: '#ecd972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd972;
$custom-light: #f4e49d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88006,
    "c": 0.12573,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD972

secondary

#3E53C4

accent

#2DD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD972

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

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