#ECE173#ECE173

#ECE173 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.132 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE173
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 115)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 51.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.41, -10.41, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.41, 55.53, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(89.65% -0.031 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(89.65% 0.132 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.6137, 72.9232, 26.8883)
Luminance	0.7292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE173 #737EEC

analogous

#ECA573 #ECE173 #BBEC73

triadic

#ECE173 #73ECE1 #E173EC

tetradic

#ECE173 #73ECA5 #737EEC #EC73BB

square

#ECE173 #73ECA5 #737EEC #EC73BB

split-complementary

#ECE173 #73BBEC #A573EC

monochromatic

#C9B91B #E5D53D #ECE173 #F3EDA9 #FBF8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#ECE173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE173

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE173	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)

#F2DB69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.132 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea9e',
    500: '#ece173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece173;
$custom-light: #f4ea9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8965,
    "c": 0.13226,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE173

secondary

#3F4BC4

accent

#20D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE173

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

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