#ECD976#ECD976

#ECD976 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.122 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD976
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 118)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 50%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.39, -6.13, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.39, 51.08, 96.89°)
OKLab	oklab(88.06% -0.0184 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(88.06% 0.122 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.6769, 68.7689, 27.1082)
Luminance	0.6877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD976 #7689EC

analogous

#EC9E76 #ECD976 #C4EC76

triadic

#ECD976 #76ECD9 #D976EC

tetradic

#ECD976 #76EC9E #7689EC #EC76C4

square

#ECD976 #76EC9E #7689EC #EC76C4

split-complementary

#ECD976 #76C4EC #9E76EC

monochromatic

#CBAF1C #E5CA40 #ECD976 #F3E8AC #FBF7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#ECD976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD976

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD976	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD46D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.122 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4a0',
    500: '#ecd976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd976;
$custom-light: #f4e4a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.339,
    "s": 75.641,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88057,
    "c": 0.12186,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD976

secondary

#4157C5

accent

#2ED80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD976

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

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