#ECE77E#ECE77E

#ECE77E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.765; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.128 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE77E
RGB	rgb(236, 231, 126)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 46.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.09, -12.43, 51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.09, 52.86, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(91.02% -0.0357 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(91.02% 0.128 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.9354, 76.4928, 30.9732)
Luminance	0.7649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE77E #7E83EC

analogous

#ECB07E #ECE77E #BAEC7E

triadic

#ECE77E #7EECE7 #E77EEC

tetradic

#ECE77E #7EECB0 #7E83EC #EC7EBA

square

#ECE77E #7EECB0 #7E83EC #EC7EBA

split-complementary

#ECE77E #7EBAEC #B07EEC

monochromatic

#D1C91F #E4DD49 #ECE77E #F4F1B3 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE77E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.30

#ECE77E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE77E

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE77E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE77E	1.00	1.29	16.30	16.30
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E583

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece77e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 231, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.128 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eea5',
    500: '#ece77e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece77e;
$custom-light: #f4eea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece77e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 74.324,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91023,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE77E

secondary

#494EC5

accent

#18D60F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE77E

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

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