#ECE17C#ECE17C

#ECE17C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.123 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE17C
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 124)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(54, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 47.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.51, -9.62, 50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.51, 51.33, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(89.77% -0.0279 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(89.77% 0.123 103)
XYZ	xyz(65.1570, 73.1405, 29.7502)
Luminance	0.7314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE17C #7C87EC

analogous

#ECA97C #ECE17C #BFEC7C

triadic

#ECE17C #7CECE1 #E17CEC

tetradic

#ECE17C #7CECA9 #7C87EC #EC7CBF

square

#ECE17C #7CECA9 #7C87EC #EC7CBF

split-complementary

#ECE17C #7CBFEC #A97CEC

monochromatic

#D0BE1E #E4D547 #ECE17C #F4EDB1 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#ECE17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE17C

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE17C	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.123 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eaa4',
    500: '#ece17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece17c;
$custom-light: #f4eaa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.107,
    "s": 74.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89765,
    "c": 0.12348,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.73139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE17C

secondary

#4753C5

accent

#22D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE17C

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

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