#ECD974#ECD974

#ECD974 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.124 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD974
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 116)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 50.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.37, -6.30, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.37, 52.02, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(88.03% -0.0191 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(88.03% 0.124 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.5593, 68.7219, 26.4889)
Luminance	0.6872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD974 #7487EC

analogous

#EC9D74 #ECD974 #C3EC74

triadic

#ECD974 #74ECD9 #D974EC

tetradic

#ECD974 #74EC9D #7487EC #EC74C3

square

#ECD974 #74EC9D #7487EC #EC74C3

split-complementary

#ECD974 #74C3EC #9D74EC

monochromatic

#CAAE1C #E5CA3E #ECD974 #F3E8AA #FBF6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#ECD974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD974

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD974	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)

#EAD46B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.124 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e49e',
    500: '#ecd974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd974;
$custom-light: #f4e49e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.5,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88031,
    "c": 0.12381,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD974

secondary

#4055C5

accent

#2DD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD974

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

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