#ECE081#ECE081

#ECE081 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.117 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE081
RGB	rgb(236, 224, 129)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.32, -8.66, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.32, 48.55, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(89.63% -0.0246 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(89.63% 0.117 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.2118, 72.7312, 31.3680)
Luminance	0.7273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE081 #818DEC

analogous

#ECAB81 #ECE081 #C3EC81

triadic

#ECE081 #81ECE0 #E081EC

tetradic

#ECE081 #81ECAB #818DEC #EC81C3

square

#ECE081 #81ECAB #818DEC #EC81C3

split-complementary

#ECE081 #81C3EC #AB81EC

monochromatic

#D3BF20 #E4D34C #ECE081 #F4EDB6 #FBF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE081 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#ECE081 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE081

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE081	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE081	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E085

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece081;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 224, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.117 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e9a7',
    500: '#ece081',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece081;
$custom-light: #f4e9a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece081",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.271,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8963,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE081

secondary

#4B59C6

accent

#26D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE081

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

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