#ECEC74#ECEC74

#ECEC74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.143 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEC74
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 116)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 50.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.27, -15.76, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.27, 59.57, 105.34°)
OKLab	oklab(91.93% -0.0462 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(91.93% 0.143 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.7415, 79.0864, 28.2164)
Luminance	0.7909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEC74 #7474EC

analogous

#ECB074 #ECEC74 #B0EC74

triadic

#ECEC74 #74ECEC #EC74EC

tetradic

#ECEC74 #74ECB0 #7474EC #EC74B0

square

#ECEC74 #74ECB0 #7474EC #EC74B0

split-complementary

#ECEC74 #74B0EC #B074EC

monochromatic

#CACA1C #E5E53E #ECEC74 #F3F3AA #FBFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#ECEC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.82

#ECEC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEC74

16.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEC74	1.00	1.25	16.82	16.82
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE87A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecec74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.143 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f29f',
    500: '#ecec74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecec74;
$custom-light: #f4f29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecec74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 75.949,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9193,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEC74

secondary

#4040C5

accent

#0DD80D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEC74

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

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