#ECE78E#ECE78E

#ECE78E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.111 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE78E
RGB	rgb(236, 231, 142)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(57, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 39.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.29, -10.86, 43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.29, 45.21, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(91.25% -0.0298 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(91.25% 0.111 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.0516, 76.9393, 36.8519)
Luminance	0.7694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE78E #8E93EC

analogous

#ECB88E #ECE78E #C2EC8E

triadic

#ECE78E #8EECE7 #E78EEC

tetradic

#ECE78E #8EECB8 #8E93EC #EC8EC2

square

#ECE78E #8EECB8 #8E93EC #EC8EC2

split-complementary

#ECE78E #8EC2EC #B88EEC

monochromatic

#DAD125 #E3DC5A #ECE78E #F5F2C2 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE78E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#ECE78E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE78E

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE78E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE78E	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece78e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 231, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.111 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eeb0',
    500: '#ece78e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece78e;
$custom-light: #f3eeb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece78e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.809,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91253,
    "c": 0.11088,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE78E

secondary

#575DC7

accent

#1DD312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE78E

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

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