#ECE04D#ECE04D

#ECE04D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.162 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE04D
RGB	rgb(236, 224, 77)
HSL	hsl(55, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.82, -12.48, 70.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.82, 71.23, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(89.07% -0.041 0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(89.07% 0.162 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.5898, 71.6824, 17.5589)
Luminance	0.7168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE04D #4D59EC

analogous

#EC914D #ECE04D #A9EC4D

triadic

#ECE04D #4DECE0 #E04DEC

tetradic

#ECE04D #4DEC91 #4D59EC #EC4DA9

square

#ECE04D #4DEC91 #4D59EC #EC4DA9

split-complementary

#ECE04D #4DA9EC #914DEC

monochromatic

#ACA112 #E4D418 #ECE04D #F2EA84 #F8F3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECE04D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#ECE04D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE04D

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE04D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE04D	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece04d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 224, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.162 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e987',
    500: '#ece04d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece04d;
$custom-light: #f6e987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece04d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.472,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89068,
    "c": 0.16224,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE04D

secondary

#303AAD

accent

#18DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE04D

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

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