#ECE479#ECE479

#ECE479 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.129 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE479
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.25, -11.39, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.25, 53.95, 102.19°)
OKLab	oklab(90.34% -0.0332 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(90.34% 0.129 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.7883, 74.7021, 29.0389)
Luminance	0.7470 (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

#ECE479 #7981EC

analogous

#ECAA79 #ECE479 #BBEC79

triadic

#ECE479 #79ECE4 #E479EC

tetradic

#ECE479 #79ECAA #7981EC #EC79BB

square

#ECE479 #79ECAA #7981EC #EC79BB

split-complementary

#ECE479 #79BBEC #AA79EC

monochromatic

#CDC11D #E4D943 #ECE479 #F4EFAF #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#ECE479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.94

#ECE479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE479

15.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE479	1.00	1.32	15.94	15.94
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E37E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.129 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eca2',
    500: '#ece479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece479;
$custom-light: #f4eca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.826,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9034,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE479

secondary

#444DC5

accent

#1CD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE479

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

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