#ECE572#ECE572

#ECE572 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.137 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE572
RGB	rgb(236, 229, 114)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.43, -12.48, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.43, 57.58, 102.52°)
OKLab	oklab(90.46% -0.0371 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(90.46% 0.137 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.6505, 75.0883, 26.9516)
Luminance	0.7509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE572 #7279EC

analogous

#ECA872 #ECE572 #B6EC72

triadic

#ECE572 #72ECE5 #E572EC

tetradic

#ECE572 #72ECA8 #7279EC #EC72B6

square

#ECE572 #72ECA8 #7279EC #EC72B6

split-complementary

#ECE572 #72B6EC #A872EC

monochromatic

#C9BF1B #E5DB3C #ECE572 #F3EFA8 #FBF9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#ECE572 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE572

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE572	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 229, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.137 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ed9d',
    500: '#ece572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece572;
$custom-light: #f4ed9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.557,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90459,
    "c": 0.1372,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE572

secondary

#3E46C4

accent

#19D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE572

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

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