#ECE079#ECE079

#ECE079 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.125 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE079
RGB	rgb(236, 224, 121)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.22, -9.39, 51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.22, 52.34, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(89.52% -0.0275 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(89.52% 0.125 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.7007, 72.5267, 28.6763)
Luminance	0.7252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE079 #7985EC

analogous

#ECA679 #ECE079 #BFEC79

triadic

#ECE079 #79ECE0 #E079EC

tetradic

#ECE079 #79ECA6 #7985EC #EC79BF

square

#ECE079 #79ECA6 #7985EC #EC79BF

split-complementary

#ECE079 #79BFEC #A679EC

monochromatic

#CDBB1D #E4D443 #ECE079 #F4ECAF #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#ECE079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE079

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE079	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E07E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 224, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.125 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e9a2',
    500: '#ece079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece079;
$custom-light: #f4e9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.739,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89521,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE079

secondary

#4452C5

accent

#23D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE079

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

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