#ECE262#ECE262

#ECE262 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.148 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE262
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.50, -12.20, 62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.50, 63.48, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(89.67% -0.038 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(89.67% 0.148 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.9952, 73.1096, 22.2935)
Luminance	0.7311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE262 #626CEC

analogous

#EC9D62 #ECE262 #B1EC62

triadic

#ECE262 #62ECE2 #E262EC

tetradic

#ECE262 #62EC9D #626CEC #EC62B1

square

#ECE262 #62EC9D #626CEC #EC62B1

split-complementary

#ECE262 #62B1EC #9D62EC

monochromatic

#BDB117 #E5D82B #ECE262 #F3EC99 #F9F6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#ECE262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE262

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE262	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.148 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea93',
    500: '#ece262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece262;
$custom-light: #f5ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89666,
    "c": 0.14836,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE262

secondary

#3740BC

accent

#1ADB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE262

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

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