#ECDA78#ECDA78

#ECDA78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.121 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDA78
RGB	rgb(236, 218, 120)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.67, -6.46, 50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.67, 50.51, 97.35°)
OKLab	oklab(88.29% -0.0192 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(88.29% 0.121 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.0555, 69.3340, 27.8270)
Luminance	0.6933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDA78 #788AEC

analogous

#ECA078 #ECDA78 #C4EC78

triadic

#ECDA78 #78ECDA #DA78EC

tetradic

#ECDA78 #78ECA0 #788AEC #EC78C4

square

#ECDA78 #78ECA0 #788AEC #EC78C4

split-complementary

#ECDA78 #78C4EC #A078EC

monochromatic

#CDB11D #E4CB42 #ECDA78 #F4E9AE #FBF7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECDA78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#ECDA78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDA78

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDA78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDA78	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecda78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 218, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.121 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e5a1',
    500: '#ecda78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecda78;
$custom-light: #f4e5a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecda78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.69,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88287,
    "c": 0.12079,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDA78

secondary

#4357C5

accent

#2DD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDA78

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

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