#ECE878#ECE878

#ECE878 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.135 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE878
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 120)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.28, -13.46, 54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.28, 56.07, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(91.15% -0.0392 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(91.15% 0.135 107)
XYZ	xyz(66.8405, 76.9039, 29.0886)
Luminance	0.7690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE878 #787CEC

analogous

#ECAE78 #ECE878 #B6EC78

triadic

#ECE878 #78ECE8 #E878EC

tetradic

#ECE878 #78ECAE #787CEC #EC78B6

square

#ECE878 #78ECAE #787CEC #EC78B6

split-complementary

#ECE878 #78B6EC #AE78EC

monochromatic

#CDC71D #E4DF42 #ECE878 #F4F1AE #FBFAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#ECE878 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE878

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE878	1.00	1.28	16.38	16.38
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E16E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.135 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efa1',
    500: '#ece878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece878;
$custom-light: #f4efa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91151,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.76902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE878

secondary

#4348C5

accent

#15D70E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE878

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

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