#ECE24F#ECE24F

#ECE24F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.163 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE24F
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 79)
HSL	hsl(56, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 66.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.35, -13.36, 69.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.35, 71.17, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(89.5% -0.0433 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(89.5% 0.163 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.2021, 72.7924, 18.1168)
Luminance	0.7279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE24F #4F59EC

analogous

#EC934F #ECE24F #A8EC4F

triadic

#ECE24F #4FECE2 #E24FEC

tetradic

#ECE24F #4FEC93 #4F59EC #EC4FA8

square

#ECE24F #4FEC93 #4F59EC #EC4FA8

split-complementary

#ECE24F #4FA8EC #934FEC

monochromatic

#AEA413 #E5D819 #ECE24F #F2EB86 #F8F4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE24F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#ECE24F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE24F

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE24F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE24F	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece24f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.163 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea88',
    500: '#ece24f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece24f;
$custom-light: #f6ea88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece24f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.178,
    "s": 80.513,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89497,
    "c": 0.1627,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE24F

secondary

#3139AE

accent

#16DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE24F

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

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