#ECEC71#ECEC71

#ECEC71 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.145 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEC71
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 113)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 52.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.24, -16.00, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.24, 60.91, 105.23°)
OKLab	oklab(91.9% -0.0472 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(91.9% 0.145 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.5699, 79.0177, 27.3121)
Luminance	0.7902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEC71 #7171EC

analogous

#ECAE71 #ECEC71 #AEEC71

triadic

#ECEC71 #71ECEC #EC71EC

tetradic

#ECEC71 #71ECAE #7171EC #EC71AE

square

#ECEC71 #71ECAE #7171EC #EC71AE

split-complementary

#ECEC71 #71AEEC #AE71EC

monochromatic

#C8C81B #E5E53B #ECEC71 #F3F3A7 #FAFADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#ECEC71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.80

#ECEC71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEC71

16.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEC71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEC71	1.00	1.25	16.80	16.80
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE365

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecec71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.145 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f29d',
    500: '#ecec71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecec71;
$custom-light: #f4f29d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecec71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91895,
    "c": 0.14542,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEC71

secondary

#3D3DC4

accent

#0DD90D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEC71

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

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