#ECE17A#ECE17A

#ECE17A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.125 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE17A
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 122)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 48.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.49, -9.80, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.49, 52.27, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(89.74% -0.0286 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(89.74% 0.125 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.0319, 73.0905, 29.0908)
Luminance	0.7309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE17A #7A85EC

analogous

#ECA87A #ECE17A #BEEC7A

triadic

#ECE17A #7AECE1 #E17AEC

tetradic

#ECE17A #7AECA8 #7A85EC #EC7ABE

square

#ECE17A #7AECA8 #7A85EC #EC7ABE

split-complementary

#ECE17A #7ABEEC #A87AEC

monochromatic

#CEBD1D #E4D544 #ECE17A #F4EDB0 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE17A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#ECE17A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE17A

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE17A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE17A	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E17F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece17a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.125 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eaa2',
    500: '#ece17a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece17a;
$custom-light: #f4eaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece17a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.211,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89739,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE17A

secondary

#4551C5

accent

#22D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE17A

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

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