#ECE17E#ECE17E

#ECE17E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.121 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE17E
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 126)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(54, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 46.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.54, -9.44, 49.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.54, 50.38, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(89.79% -0.0271 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(89.79% 0.121 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.2848, 73.1916, 30.4230)
Luminance	0.7319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE17E #7E89EC

analogous

#ECAA7E #ECE17E #C0EC7E

triadic

#ECE17E #7EECE1 #E17EEC

tetradic

#ECE17E #7EECAA #7E89EC #EC7EC0

square

#ECE17E #7EECAA #7E89EC #EC7EC0

split-complementary

#ECE17E #7EC0EC #AA7EEC

monochromatic

#D1BF1F #E4D549 #ECE17E #F4EDB3 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE17E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#ECE17E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE17E

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE17E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE17E	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E182

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece17e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.121 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eaa5',
    500: '#ece17e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece17e;
$custom-light: #f4eaa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece17e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 74.324,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89793,
    "c": 0.12145,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE17E

secondary

#4955C5

accent

#23D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE17E

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

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