#ECE978#ECE978

#ECE978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.136 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE978
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.54, -13.95, 54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.54, 56.48, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(91.36% -0.0407 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(91.36% 0.136 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.1228, 77.4685, 29.1827)
Luminance	0.7747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE978 #787BEC

analogous

#ECAF78 #ECE978 #B5EC78

triadic

#ECE978 #78ECE9 #E978EC

tetradic

#ECE978 #78ECAF #787BEC #EC78B5

square

#ECE978 #78ECAF #787BEC #EC78B5

split-complementary

#ECE978 #78B5EC #AF78EC

monochromatic

#CDC81D #E4E042 #ECE978 #F4F2AE #FBFAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECE978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#ECE978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE978

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE978	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E16E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE67E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.136 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efa1',
    500: '#ece978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece978;
$custom-light: #f4efa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.448,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91357,
    "c": 0.13568,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE978

secondary

#4347C5

accent

#13D70E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE978

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

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