#ECDC79#ECDC79

#ECDC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.122 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDC79
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.19, -7.38, 50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.19, 50.79, 98.36°)
OKLab	oklab(88.71% -0.0217 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(88.71% 0.122 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.6383, 70.4020, 28.3222)
Luminance	0.7040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDC79 #7989EC

analogous

#ECA279 #ECDC79 #C3EC79

triadic

#ECDC79 #79ECDC #DC79EC

tetradic

#ECDC79 #79ECA2 #7989EC #EC79C3

square

#ECDC79 #79ECA2 #7989EC #EC79C3

split-complementary

#ECDC79 #79C3EC #A279EC

monochromatic

#CDB51D #E4CE43 #ECDC79 #F4EAAF #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#ECDC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDC79

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDC79	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)

#ECD770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.122 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e6a2',
    500: '#ecdc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdc79;
$custom-light: #f4e6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.652,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88706,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDC79

secondary

#4456C5

accent

#2AD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDC79

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

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