#ECE24D#ECE24D

#ECE24D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.164 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE24D
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.33, -13.47, 70.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.33, 71.93, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(89.48% -0.0438 0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(89.48% 0.164 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.1304, 72.7637, 17.7391)
Luminance	0.7276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE24D #4D57EC

analogous

#EC934D #ECE24D #A7EC4D

triadic

#ECE24D #4DECE2 #E24DEC

tetradic

#ECE24D #4DEC93 #4D57EC #EC4DA7

square

#ECE24D #4DEC93 #4D57EC #EC4DA7

split-complementary

#ECE24D #4DA7EC #934DEC

monochromatic

#ACA312 #E4D718 #ECE24D #F2EB84 #F8F4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE24D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#ECE24D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE24D

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE24D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE24D	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)

#F5DA37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece24d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.164 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea87',
    500: '#ece24d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece24d;
$custom-light: #f6ea87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece24d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.226,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89481,
    "c": 0.16403,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE24D

secondary

#3038AD

accent

#16DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE24D

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

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