#ECE970#ECE970

#ECE970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.143 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE970
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 112)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 52.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.45, -14.61, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.45, 60.11, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(91.26% -0.0434 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(91.26% 0.143 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.6574, 77.2824, 26.7318)
Luminance	0.7728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE970 #7073EC

analogous

#ECAB70 #ECE970 #B1EC70

triadic

#ECE970 #70ECE9 #E970EC

tetradic

#ECE970 #70ECAB #7073EC #EC70B1

square

#ECE970 #70ECAB #7073EC #EC70B1

split-complementary

#ECE970 #70B1EC #AB70EC

monochromatic

#C7C31A #E5E13A #ECE970 #F3F1A6 #FAFADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#ECE970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE970

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE970	1.00	1.28	16.46	16.46
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.143 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ef9c',
    500: '#ece970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece970;
$custom-light: #f4ef9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 76.543,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91262,
    "c": 0.14316,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE970

secondary

#3C3FC4

accent

#12D90D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE970

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

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