#ECEA79#ECEA79

#ECEA79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.136 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEA79
RGB	rgb(236, 234, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.81, -14.36, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.81, 56.45, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(91.58% -0.0417 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(91.58% 0.136 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.4676, 78.0607, 29.5986)
Luminance	0.7806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEA79 #797BEC

analogous

#ECB179 #ECEA79 #B4EC79

triadic

#ECEA79 #79ECEA #EA79EC

tetradic

#ECEA79 #79ECB1 #797BEC #EC79B4

square

#ECEA79 #79ECB1 #797BEC #EC79B4

split-complementary

#ECEA79 #79B4EC #B179EC

monochromatic

#CDCA1D #E4E243 #ECEA79 #F4F2AF #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECEA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#ECEA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEA79

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEA79	1.00	1.26	16.61	16.61
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE26F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecea79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 234, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.136 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0a2',
    500: '#ecea79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecea79;
$custom-light: #f4f0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecea79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.957,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91577,
    "c": 0.13578,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEA79

secondary

#4446C5

accent

#12D70E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEA79

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

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