#ECE18F#ECE18F

#ECE18F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.103 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE18F
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 143)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 39.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.77, -7.75, 41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.77, 42.16, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(90.05% -0.0208 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(90.05% 0.103 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.4764, 73.6683, 36.6989)
Luminance	0.7367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE18F #8F9AEC

analogous

#ECB38F #ECE18F #C9EC8F

triadic

#ECE18F #8FECE1 #E18FEC

tetradic

#ECE18F #8FECB3 #8F9AEC #EC8FC9

square

#ECE18F #8FECB3 #8F9AEC #EC8FC9

split-complementary

#ECE18F #8FC9EC #B38FEC

monochromatic

#DAC526 #E3D35B #ECE18F #F5EFC3 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE18F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#ECE18F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE18F

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE18F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE18F	1.00	1.33	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDC89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E192

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D6CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece18f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.103 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eab1',
    500: '#ece18f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece18f;
$custom-light: #f3eab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece18f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.903,
    "s": 70.992,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90046,
    "c": 0.10339,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE18F

secondary

#5865C7

accent

#29D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE18F

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

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