#ECE14D#ECE14D

#ECE14D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.163 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE14D
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -12.97, 70.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 71.58, 100.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.27% -0.0424 0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(89.27% 0.163 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.8593, 72.2214, 17.6487)
Luminance	0.7222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE14D #4D58EC

analogous

#EC924D #ECE14D #A8EC4D

triadic

#ECE14D #4DECE1 #E14DEC

tetradic

#ECE14D #4DEC92 #4D58EC #EC4DA8

square

#ECE14D #4DEC92 #4D58EC #EC4DA8

split-complementary

#ECE14D #4DA8EC #924DEC

monochromatic

#ACA212 #E4D518 #ECE14D #F2EA84 #F8F4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#ECE14D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#ECE14D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE14D

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE14D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE14D	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece14d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.163 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea87',
    500: '#ece14d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece14d;
$custom-light: #f6ea87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece14d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.849,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89274,
    "c": 0.16313,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE14D

secondary

#3039AD

accent

#17DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE14D

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

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