#ECE579#ECE579

#ECE579 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.131 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE579
RGB	rgb(236, 229, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.51, -11.89, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.51, 54.36, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(90.55% -0.0346 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(90.55% 0.131 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.0642, 75.2539, 29.1308)
Luminance	0.7525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE579 #7980EC

analogous

#ECAC79 #ECE579 #B9EC79

triadic

#ECE579 #79ECE5 #E579EC

tetradic

#ECE579 #79ECAC #7980EC #EC79B9

square

#ECE579 #79ECAC #7980EC #EC79B9

split-complementary

#ECE579 #79B9EC #AC79EC

monochromatic

#CDC31D #E4DB43 #ECE579 #F4EFAF #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#ECE579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE579

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE579	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E37E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 229, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.131 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eda2',
    500: '#ece579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece579;
$custom-light: #f4eda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.348,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90546,
    "c": 0.13051,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE579

secondary

#444CC5

accent

#1AD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE579

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

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