#ECDB78#ECDB78

#ECDB78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.122 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDB78
RGB	rgb(236, 219, 120)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.93, -6.97, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.93, 50.88, 97.87°)
OKLab	oklab(88.49% -0.0206 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(88.49% 0.122 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.3156, 69.8542, 27.9137)
Luminance	0.6985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDB78 #7889EC

analogous

#ECA178 #ECDB78 #C3EC78

triadic

#ECDB78 #78ECDB #DB78EC

tetradic

#ECDB78 #78ECA1 #7889EC #EC78C3

square

#ECDB78 #78ECA1 #7889EC #EC78C3

split-complementary

#ECDB78 #78C3EC #A178EC

monochromatic

#CDB31D #E4CD42 #ECDB78 #F4E9AE #FBF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECDB78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#ECDB78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDB78

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDB78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDB78	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD66F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DD7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdb78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 219, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.122 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e6a1',
    500: '#ecdb78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdb78;
$custom-light: #f4e6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdb78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.207,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88489,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDB78

secondary

#4356C5

accent

#2CD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDB78

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

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