#ECD980#ECD980

#ECD980 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.112 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD980
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 128)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 45.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.51, -5.22, 46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.51, 46.32, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(88.2% -0.0148 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(88.2% 0.112 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.3029, 69.0193, 30.4054)
Luminance	0.6902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD980 #8093EC

analogous

#ECA380 #ECD980 #C9EC80

triadic

#ECD980 #80ECD9 #D980EC

tetradic

#ECD980 #80ECA3 #8093EC #EC80C9

square

#ECD980 #80ECA3 #8093EC #EC80C9

split-complementary

#ECD980 #80C9EC #A380EC

monochromatic

#D2B31F #E4C94B #ECD980 #F4E9B5 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#ECD980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD980

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD980	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDB84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.112 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e4a6',
    500: '#ecd980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd980;
$custom-light: #f4e4a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.444,
    "s": 73.973,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88196,
    "c": 0.11178,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD980

secondary

#4B60C6

accent

#32D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD980

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

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