#ECE174#ECE174

#ECE174 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.131 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE174
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 116)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 50.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.42, -10.32, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.42, 55.06, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.0307 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.131 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.6715, 72.9463, 27.1930)
Luminance	0.7294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE174 #747FEC

analogous

#ECA574 #ECE174 #BBEC74

triadic

#ECE174 #74ECE1 #E174EC

tetradic

#ECE174 #74ECA5 #747FEC #EC74BB

square

#ECE174 #74ECA5 #747FEC #EC74BB

split-complementary

#ECE174 #74BBEC #A574EC

monochromatic

#CABA1C #E5D53E #ECE174 #F3EDAA #FBF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#ECE174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE174

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE174	1.00	1.35	15.59	15.59
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.131 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea9f',
    500: '#ece174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece174;
$custom-light: #f4ea9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.5,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89662,
    "c": 0.13131,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE174

secondary

#404CC5

accent

#20D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE174

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

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