#ECEE79#ECEE79

#ECEE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.804; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.140 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEE79
RGB	rgb(236, 238, 121)
HSL	hsl(61, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(61, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 49.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.85, -16.32, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.85, 58.16, 106.29°)
OKLab	oklab(92.41% -0.0473 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(92.41% 0.14 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.6193, 80.3640, 29.9825)
Luminance	0.8036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEE79 #7B79EE

analogous

#EEB679 #ECEE79 #B1EE79

triadic

#ECEE79 #79ECEE #EE79EC

tetradic

#ECEE79 #79EEB6 #7B79EE #EE79B1

square

#ECEE79 #79EEB6 #7B79EE #EE79B1

split-complementary

#ECEE79 #79B1EE #B679EE

monochromatic

#CFD21B #E4E743 #ECEE79 #F4F5AF #FBFCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#ECEE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.07

#ECEE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEE79

17.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEE79	1.00	1.23	17.07	17.07
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecee79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 238, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.140 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f3a2',
    500: '#ecee79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecee79;
$custom-light: #f4f3a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecee79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.026,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92405,
    "c": 0.14014,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.80362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEE79

secondary

#4644C7

accent

#0CDA0F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEE79

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

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