#ECE04F#ECE04F

#ECE04F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.161 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE04F
RGB	rgb(236, 224, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 66.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.83, -12.37, 69.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.83, 70.47, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(89.08% -0.0405 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(89.08% 0.161 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.6615, 71.7110, 17.9365)
Luminance	0.7171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE04F #4F5BEC

analogous

#EC924F #ECE04F #AAEC4F

triadic

#ECE04F #4FECE0 #E04FEC

tetradic

#ECE04F #4FEC92 #4F5BEC #EC4FAA

square

#ECE04F #4FEC92 #4F5BEC #EC4FAA

split-complementary

#ECE04F #4FAAEC #924FEC

monochromatic

#AEA213 #E5D519 #ECE04F #F2EA86 #F8F3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECE04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#ECE04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE04F

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE04F	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)

#F3D83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 224, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.161 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e988',
    500: '#ece04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece04f;
$custom-light: #f6e988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.414,
    "s": 80.513,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89083,
    "c": 0.1609,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE04F

secondary

#313AAE

accent

#19DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE04F

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

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