#ECE171#ECE171

#ECE171 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.134 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE171
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 113)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 52.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.39, -10.57, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.39, 56.44, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(89.63% -0.0317 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(89.63% 0.134 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.4998, 72.8777, 26.2888)
Luminance	0.7288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE171 #717CEC

analogous

#ECA371 #ECE171 #B9EC71

triadic

#ECE171 #71ECE1 #E171EC

tetradic

#ECE171 #71ECA3 #717CEC #EC71B9

square

#ECE171 #71ECA3 #717CEC #EC71B9

split-complementary

#ECE171 #71B9EC #A371EC

monochromatic

#C8B81B #E5D63B #ECE171 #F3ECA7 #FAF8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#ECE171 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE171

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE171	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.134 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea9d',
    500: '#ece171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece171;
$custom-light: #f4ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89625,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE171

secondary

#3D49C4

accent

#1FD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE171

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

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