#ECE879#ECE879

#ECE879 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.134 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE879
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.29, -13.37, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.29, 55.60, 103.91°)
OKLab	oklab(91.16% -0.0389 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(91.16% 0.134 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.9015, 76.9283, 29.4099)
Luminance	0.7693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE879 #797DEC

analogous

#ECAE79 #ECE879 #B7EC79

triadic

#ECE879 #79ECE8 #E879EC

tetradic

#ECE879 #79ECAE #797DEC #EC79B7

square

#ECE879 #79ECAE #797DEC #EC79B7

split-complementary

#ECE879 #79B7EC #AE79EC

monochromatic

#CDC71D #E4DF43 #ECE879 #F4F1AF #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#ECE879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE879

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE879	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)

#F8E16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.134 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efa2',
    500: '#ece879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece879;
$custom-light: #f4efa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.913,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91164,
    "c": 0.13365,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE879

secondary

#4449C5

accent

#15D70E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE879

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

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