#ECE181#ECE181

#ECE181 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.118 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE181
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 129)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.58, -9.16, 48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.58, 48.95, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(89.83% -0.026 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(89.83% 0.118 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.4813, 73.2702, 31.4579)
Luminance	0.7327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE181 #818CEC

analogous

#ECAC81 #ECE181 #C2EC81

triadic

#ECE181 #81ECE1 #E181EC

tetradic

#ECE181 #81ECAC #818CEC #EC81C2

square

#ECE181 #81ECAC #818CEC #EC81C2

split-complementary

#ECE181 #81C2EC #AC81EC

monochromatic

#D3C020 #E4D44C #ECE181 #F4EEB6 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.65

#ECE181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE181

15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE181	1.00	1.34	15.65	15.65
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DB79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.118 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eaa7',
    500: '#ece181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece181;
$custom-light: #f4eaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.832,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89834,
    "c": 0.11837,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE181

secondary

#4B58C6

accent

#24D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE181

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

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