#ECDC78#ECDC78

#ECDC78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.123 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDC78
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 120)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.18, -7.47, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.18, 51.26, 98.38°)
OKLab	oklab(88.69% -0.0221 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(88.69% 0.123 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.5773, 70.3776, 28.0009)
Luminance	0.7037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDC78 #7888EC

analogous

#ECA278 #ECDC78 #C2EC78

triadic

#ECDC78 #78ECDC #DC78EC

tetradic

#ECDC78 #78ECA2 #7888EC #EC78C2

square

#ECDC78 #78ECA2 #7888EC #EC78C2

split-complementary

#ECDC78 #78C2EC #A278EC

monochromatic

#CDB51D #E4CE42 #ECDC78 #F4EAAE #FBF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#ECDC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDC78

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDC78	1.00	1.39	15.08	15.08
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD76F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdc78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.123 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e6a1',
    500: '#ecdc78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdc78;
$custom-light: #f4e6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdc78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88693,
    "c": 0.12263,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDC78

secondary

#4355C5

accent

#2AD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDC78

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

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