#ECDA74#ECDA74

#ECDA74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDA74
RGB	rgb(236, 218, 116)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 50.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.62, -6.81, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.62, 52.39, 97.47°)
OKLab	oklab(88.23% -0.0206 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(88.23% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.8178, 69.2390, 26.5751)
Luminance	0.6924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDA74 #7486EC

analogous

#EC9E74 #ECDA74 #C2EC74

triadic

#ECDA74 #74ECDA #DA74EC

tetradic

#ECDA74 #74EC9E #7486EC #EC74C2

square

#ECDA74 #74EC9E #7486EC #EC74C2

split-complementary

#ECDA74 #74C2EC #9E74EC

monochromatic

#CAB01C #E5CC3E #ECDA74 #F3E8AA #FBF7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECDA74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#ECDA74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDA74

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDA74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDA74	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD56B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecda74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 218, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e59e',
    500: '#ecda74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecda74;
$custom-light: #f4e59e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecda74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88234,
    "c": 0.12471,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDA74

secondary

#4054C5

accent

#2CD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDA74

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

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