#ECF972#ECF972

#ECF972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.868; OKLCH L 94.6% C 0.159 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECF972
RGB	rgb(236, 249, 114)
HSL	hsl(66, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(66, 54%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 54.2%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.65, -22.21, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.65, 66.09, 109.63°)
OKLab	oklab(94.62% -0.0647 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(94.62% 0.159 114)
XYZ	xyz(71.5064, 86.8003, 28.9036)
Luminance	0.8680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECF972 #7F72F9

analogous

#F9C272 #ECF972 #A8F972

triadic

#ECF972 #72ECF9 #F972EC

tetradic

#ECF972 #72F9C2 #7F72F9 #F972A8

square

#ECF972 #72F9C2 #7F72F9 #F972A8

split-complementary

#ECF972 #72A8F9 #C272F9

monochromatic

#D1E70A #E4F737 #ECF972 #F4FBAD #FBFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#ECF972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.36

#ECF972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECF972

18.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECF972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECF972	1.00	1.14	18.36	18.36
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF17A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9ECDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecf972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 249, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.6% 0.159 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5fb9e',
    500: '#ecf972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecf972;
$custom-light: #f5fb9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecf972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.778,
    "s": 91.837,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94622,
    "c": 0.1589,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.86799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECF972

secondary

#4A3BD4

accent

#00E616

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#17170F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECF972

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

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