#ECDB79#ECDB79

#ECDB79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.121 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDB79
RGB	rgb(236, 219, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.94, -6.88, 49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.94, 50.41, 97.84°)
OKLab	oklab(88.5% -0.0203 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(88.5% 0.121 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.3766, 69.8786, 28.2350)
Luminance	0.6988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDB79 #798AEC

analogous

#ECA179 #ECDB79 #C4EC79

triadic

#ECDB79 #79ECDB #DB79EC

tetradic

#ECDB79 #79ECA1 #798AEC #EC79C4

square

#ECDB79 #79ECA1 #798AEC #EC79C4

split-complementary

#ECDB79 #79C4EC #A179EC

monochromatic

#CDB31D #E4CD43 #ECDB79 #F4E9AF #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#ECDB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#ECDB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDB79

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDB79	1.00	1.40	14.98	14.98
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DD7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBCFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdb79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 219, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.121 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e6a2',
    500: '#ecdb79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdb79;
$custom-light: #f4e6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdb79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.13,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88503,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDB79

secondary

#4457C5

accent

#2CD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDB79

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →