#ECE178#ECE178

#ECE178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.127 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE178
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.47, -9.98, 52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.47, 53.21, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(89.71% -0.0293 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(89.71% 0.127 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.9092, 73.0414, 28.4449)
Luminance	0.7304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE178 #7883EC

analogous

#ECA778 #ECE178 #BDEC78

triadic

#ECE178 #78ECE1 #E178EC

tetradic

#ECE178 #78ECA7 #7883EC #EC78BD

square

#ECE178 #78ECA7 #7883EC #EC78BD

split-complementary

#ECE178 #78BDEC #A778EC

monochromatic

#CDBC1D #E4D542 #ECE178 #F4EDAE #FBF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#ECE178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE178

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE178	1.00	1.35	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E17D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.127 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eaa1',
    500: '#ece178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece178;
$custom-light: #f4eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.31,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89713,
    "c": 0.12744,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE178

secondary

#4350C5

accent

#21D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE178

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

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