#ECDA79#ECDA79

#ECDA79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.120 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDA79
RGB	rgb(236, 218, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.68, -6.37, 49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.68, 50.04, 97.32°)
OKLab	oklab(88.3% -0.0188 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(88.3% 0.12 99)
XYZ	xyz(63.1165, 69.3584, 28.1483)
Luminance	0.6936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDA79 #798BEC

analogous

#ECA179 #ECDA79 #C4EC79

triadic

#ECDA79 #79ECDA #DA79EC

tetradic

#ECDA79 #79ECA1 #798BEC #EC79C4

square

#ECDA79 #79ECA1 #798BEC #EC79C4

split-complementary

#ECDA79 #79C4EC #A179EC

monochromatic

#CDB21D #E4CB43 #ECDA79 #F4E9AF #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECDA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#ECDA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDA79

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDA79	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)

#EAD571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecda79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 218, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.120 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e5a2',
    500: '#ecda79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecda79;
$custom-light: #f4e5a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecda79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.609,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.883,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.69356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDA79

secondary

#4458C5

accent

#2ED70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDA79

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

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