#ECE172#ECE172

#ECE172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.133 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE172
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.40, -10.49, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.40, 55.99, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(89.64% -0.0314 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(89.64% 0.133 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.5564, 72.9003, 26.5869)
Luminance	0.7290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE172 #727DEC

analogous

#ECA472 #ECE172 #BAEC72

triadic

#ECE172 #72ECE1 #E172EC

tetradic

#ECE172 #72ECA4 #727DEC #EC72BA

square

#ECE172 #72ECA4 #727DEC #EC72BA

split-complementary

#ECE172 #72BAEC #A472EC

monochromatic

#C9B91B #E5D63C #ECE172 #F3ECA8 #FBF8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#ECE172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE172

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE172	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)

#F2DB68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.133 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea9d',
    500: '#ece172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece172;
$custom-light: #f4ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.59,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89637,
    "c": 0.1332,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE172

secondary

#3E4AC4

accent

#1FD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE172

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

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