#ECED72#ECED72

#ECED72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.146 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECED72
RGB	rgb(236, 237, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(60, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 51.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.51, -16.41, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.51, 60.88, 105.64°)
OKLab	oklab(92.11% -0.0483 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(92.11% 0.146 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.9152, 79.6178, 27.7065)
Luminance	0.7962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECED72 #7372ED

analogous

#EDB172 #ECED72 #AFED72

triadic

#ECED72 #72ECED #ED72EC

tetradic

#ECED72 #72EDB1 #7372ED #ED72AF

square

#ECED72 #72EDB1 #7372ED #ED72AF

split-complementary

#ECED72 #72AFED #B172ED

monochromatic

#C9CB1A #E5E63C #ECED72 #F3F4A8 #FBFBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#ECED72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.92

#ECED72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECED72

16.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECED72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECED72	1.00	1.24	16.92	16.92
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eced72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 237, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.146 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f29e',
    500: '#eced72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eced72;
$custom-light: #f4f29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eced72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.488,
    "s": 77.358,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92114,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECED72

secondary

#3F3EC6

accent

#0CDA0E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECED72

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

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