#ECE072#ECE072

#ECE072 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.132 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE072
RGB	rgb(236, 224, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.14, -9.99, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.14, 55.59, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(89.43% -0.0299 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(89.43% 0.132 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.2869, 72.3612, 26.4971)
Luminance	0.7236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE072 #727EEC

analogous

#ECA372 #ECE072 #BBEC72

triadic

#ECE072 #72ECE0 #E072EC

tetradic

#ECE072 #72ECA3 #727EEC #EC72BB

square

#ECE072 #72ECA3 #727EEC #EC72BB

split-complementary

#ECE072 #72BBEC #A372EC

monochromatic

#C9B71B #E5D43C #ECE072 #F3ECA8 #FBF8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#ECE072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#ECE072 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE072

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE072	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E077

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 224, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.132 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e99d',
    500: '#ece072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece072;
$custom-light: #f4e99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.098,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89433,
    "c": 0.13223,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE072

secondary

#3E4BC4

accent

#21D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE072

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

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