#ECED79#ECED79

#ECED79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.139 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECED79
RGB	rgb(236, 237, 121)
HSL	hsl(61, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(61, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.59, -15.83, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.59, 57.73, 105.91°)
OKLab	oklab(92.2% -0.0459 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(92.2% 0.139 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.3290, 79.7833, 29.8858)
Luminance	0.7978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECED79 #7A79ED

analogous

#EDB479 #ECED79 #B2ED79

triadic

#ECED79 #79ECED #ED79EC

tetradic

#ECED79 #79EDB4 #7A79ED #ED79B2

square

#ECED79 #79EDB4 #7A79ED #ED79B2

split-complementary

#ECED79 #79B2ED #B479ED

monochromatic

#CED01C #E4E643 #ECED79 #F4F4AF #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#ECED79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#ECED79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECED79

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECED79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECED79	1.00	1.24	16.96	16.96
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE97F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eced79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 237, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.139 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2a2',
    500: '#eced79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eced79;
$custom-light: #f4f2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eced79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.517,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92198,
    "c": 0.13904,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECED79

secondary

#4544C6

accent

#0DD90F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECED79

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

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