#ECE179#ECE179

#ECE179 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.126 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE179
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 121)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.48, -9.89, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.48, 52.74, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(89.73% -0.0289 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(89.73% 0.126 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.9702, 73.0658, 28.7662)
Luminance	0.7306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE179 #7984EC

analogous

#ECA879 #ECE179 #BDEC79

triadic

#ECE179 #79ECE1 #E179EC

tetradic

#ECE179 #79ECA8 #7984EC #EC79BD

square

#ECE179 #79ECA8 #7984EC #EC79BD

split-complementary

#ECE179 #79BDEC #A879EC

monochromatic

#CDBD1D #E4D543 #ECE179 #F4EDAF #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#ECE179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE179

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE179	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)

#F1DB70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E17E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.126 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eaa2',
    500: '#ece179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece179;
$custom-light: #f4eaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.261,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89726,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE179

secondary

#4451C5

accent

#21D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE179

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

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