#ECDD78#ECDD78

#ECDD78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.124 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD78
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 120)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.44, -7.97, 51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.44, 51.64, 98.88°)
OKLab	oklab(88.9% -0.0235 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(88.9% 0.124 101)
XYZ	xyz(63.8405, 70.9040, 28.0886)
Luminance	0.7090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD78 #7887EC

analogous

#ECA378 #ECDD78 #C1EC78

triadic

#ECDD78 #78ECDD #DD78EC

tetradic

#ECDD78 #78ECA3 #7887EC #EC78C1

square

#ECDD78 #78ECA3 #7887EC #EC78C1

split-complementary

#ECDD78 #78C1EC #A378EC

monochromatic

#CDB61D #E4CF42 #ECDD78 #F4EBAE #FBF8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDD78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#ECDD78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD78

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD78	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD86F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.124 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e7a1',
    500: '#ecdd78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd78;
$custom-light: #f4e7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.241,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88896,
    "c": 0.12357,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.70902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD78

secondary

#4354C5

accent

#28D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD78

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

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