#ECE157#ECE157

#ECE157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.156 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE157
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.15, -12.41, 66.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.15, 67.68, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(89.36% -0.0398 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(89.36% 0.156 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.2399, 72.3737, 19.6533)
Luminance	0.7237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE157 #5762EC

analogous

#EC9657 #ECE157 #ADEC57

triadic

#ECE157 #57ECE1 #E157EC

tetradic

#ECE157 #57EC96 #5762EC #EC57AD

square

#ECE157 #57EC96 #5762EC #EC57AD

split-complementary

#ECE157 #57ADEC #9657EC

monochromatic

#B4A814 #E6D720 #ECE157 #F2EB8E #F8F5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#ECE157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#ECE157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE157

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE157	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.156 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea8c',
    500: '#ece157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece157;
$custom-light: #f5ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.57,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89356,
    "c": 0.15608,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE157

secondary

#333DB4

accent

#19DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE157

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

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