#ECE26D#ECE26D

#ECE26D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.139 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE26D
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 109)
HSL	hsl(55, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.61, -11.39, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.61, 58.65, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(89.78% -0.0345 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(89.78% 0.139 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.5507, 73.3318, 25.2192)
Luminance	0.7333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE26D #6D77EC

analogous

#ECA36D #ECE26D #B6EC6D

triadic

#ECE26D #6DECE2 #E26DEC

tetradic

#ECE26D #6DECA3 #6D77EC #EC6DB6

square

#ECE26D #6DECA3 #6D77EC #EC6DB6

split-complementary

#ECE26D #6DB6EC #A36DEC

monochromatic

#C5B71A #E5D737 #ECE26D #F3EDA3 #FAF8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE26D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#ECE26D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE26D

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE26D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE26D	1.00	1.34	15.67	15.67
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece26d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.139 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea9a',
    500: '#ece26d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece26d;
$custom-light: #f5ea9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece26d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89784,
    "c": 0.13881,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE26D

secondary

#3A45C3

accent

#1CD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE26D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →