#ECD973#ECD973

#ECD973 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.125 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD973
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 115)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 51.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.35, -6.39, 52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.35, 52.49, 96.99°)
OKLab	oklab(88.02% -0.0195 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(88.02% 0.125 99)
XYZ	xyz(62.5014, 68.6987, 26.1842)
Luminance	0.6870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD973 #7386EC

analogous

#EC9D73 #ECD973 #C3EC73

triadic

#ECD973 #73ECD9 #D973EC

tetradic

#ECD973 #73EC9D #7386EC #EC73C3

square

#ECD973 #73EC9D #7386EC #EC73C3

split-complementary

#ECD973 #73C3EC #9D73EC

monochromatic

#C9AE1B #E5CA3D #ECD973 #F3E8A9 #FBF6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#ECD973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD973

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD973	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD46A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.125 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e49e',
    500: '#ecd973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd973;
$custom-light: #f4e49e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.579,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88018,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.68696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD973

secondary

#3F54C4

accent

#2DD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD973

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

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