#ecf979

Color #ecf979

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 19.52 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-200 #fff085 · ΔE 6.9

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Conversions

HEX

#ecf979

RGB

rgb(236, 249, 121)

HSL

hsl(66.1, 91.4%, 72.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.1, 51.4%, 97.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 51.4%, 2.4%)

LAB

lab(94.72, -21.63, 59.21)

LCH

lch(94.72, 63.04, 110.07)

OKLCH

oklch(94.7%, 0.1526, 114.13)

HWB

hwb(66.1, 47.5%, 2.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8679f9

Analogous

#f9c679

#ecf979

#acf979

Triadic

#ecf979

#79ecf9

#f979ec

Split-complementary

#ecf979

#79acf9

#c679f9

Tetradic

#ecf979

#79f986

#8679f9

#f979ec

Square

#ecf979

#79f9c6

#8679f9

#f979ac

Shades

Color #ecf979 mixed toward black.

#e4f63e

#d5ec0b

#a0b108

#6a7605

#353b03

Tints

Color #ecf979 mixed toward white.

#effa8f

#f2fba6

#f5fcbc

#f9fdd2

#fcfee9

Tones

Color #ecf979 mixed toward gray.

#e3ee83

#dbe48e

#d2d999

#cacea4

#c1c4ae

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.14:1

Aa Black text on this color

18.39:1

Black text reads better on this background (18.39:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f2f2a5 · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#f1f0ad · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#edbfc4 · ΔE 41.1

Achromatopsia

#f0f0f0 · ΔE 26.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ecf979;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ecf979]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#ecf979 (#ecf979) is rgb(236, 249, 121) in RGB.

No, #ecf979 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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