#ECD978#ECD978

#ECD978 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.120 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD978
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.41, -5.95, 49.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.41, 50.14, 96.82°)
OKLab	oklab(88.08% -0.0177 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(88.08% 0.12 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.7970, 68.8170, 27.7408)
Luminance	0.6882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD978 #788BEC

analogous

#EC9F78 #ECD978 #C5EC78

triadic

#ECD978 #78ECD9 #D978EC

tetradic

#ECD978 #78EC9F #788BEC #EC78C5

square

#ECD978 #78EC9F #788BEC #EC78C5

split-complementary

#ECD978 #78C5EC #9F78EC

monochromatic

#CDB01D #E4CA42 #ECD978 #F4E8AE #FBF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#ECD978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD978

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD978	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.120 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4a1',
    500: '#ecd978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd978;
$custom-light: #f4e4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.172,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88084,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD978

secondary

#4359C5

accent

#2FD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD978

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

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