#ECD979#ECD979

#ECD979 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.119 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD979
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.43, -5.87, 49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.43, 49.67, 96.78°)
OKLab	oklab(88.1% -0.0173 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(88.1% 0.119 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.8580, 68.8414, 28.0621)
Luminance	0.6884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD979 #798CEC

analogous

#ECA079 #ECD979 #C5EC79

triadic

#ECD979 #79ECD9 #D979EC

tetradic

#ECD979 #79ECA0 #798CEC #EC79C5

square

#ECD979 #79ECA0 #798CEC #EC79C5

split-complementary

#ECD979 #79C5EC #A079EC

monochromatic

#CDB01D #E4CA43 #ECD979 #F4E8AF #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#ECD979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD979

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD979	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.119 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4a1',
    500: '#ecd979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd979;
$custom-light: #f4e4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.087,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88097,
    "c": 0.1189,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD979

secondary

#4459C5

accent

#2FD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD979

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

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