#ECE170#ECE170

#ECE170 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.135 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE170
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 112)
HSL	hsl(55, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 52.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.38, -10.65, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.38, 56.90, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(89.61% -0.032 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(89.61% 0.135 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.4438, 72.8553, 25.9939)
Luminance	0.7285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE170 #707BEC

analogous

#ECA370 #ECE170 #B9EC70

triadic

#ECE170 #70ECE1 #E170EC

tetradic

#ECE170 #70ECA3 #707BEC #EC70B9

square

#ECE170 #70ECA3 #707BEC #EC70B9

split-complementary

#ECE170 #70B9EC #A370EC

monochromatic

#C7B81A #E5D63A #ECE170 #F3ECA6 #FAF8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#ECE170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE170

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE170	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.135 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea9c',
    500: '#ece170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece170;
$custom-light: #f4ea9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.677,
    "s": 76.543,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89613,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE170

secondary

#3C48C4

accent

#1FD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE170

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

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