#ECE779#ECE779

#ECE779 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.133 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE779
RGB	rgb(236, 231, 121)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.03, -12.88, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.03, 55.19, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(90.96% -0.0375 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(90.96% 0.133 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.6208, 76.3670, 29.3164)
Luminance	0.7637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE779 #797EEC

analogous

#ECAD79 #ECE779 #B8EC79

triadic

#ECE779 #79ECE7 #E779EC

tetradic

#ECE779 #79ECAD #797EEC #EC79B8

square

#ECE779 #79ECAD #797EEC #EC79B8

split-complementary

#ECE779 #79B8EC #AD79EC

monochromatic

#CDC61D #E4DD43 #ECE779 #F4F1AF #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.27

#ECE779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE779

16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE779	1.00	1.29	16.27	16.27
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 231, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.133 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eea2',
    500: '#ece779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece779;
$custom-light: #f4eea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90957,
    "c": 0.13259,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE779

secondary

#444AC5

accent

#17D70E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE779

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

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