#ECE271#ECE271

#ECE271 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.135 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE271
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 113)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 52.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.65, -11.07, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.65, 56.84, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(89.83% -0.0331 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(89.83% 0.135 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.7709, 73.4199, 26.3791)
Luminance	0.7342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE271 #717BEC

analogous

#ECA471 #ECE271 #B8EC71

triadic

#ECE271 #71ECE2 #E271EC

tetradic

#ECE271 #71ECA4 #717BEC #EC71B8

square

#ECE271 #71ECA4 #717BEC #EC71B8

split-complementary

#ECE271 #71B8EC #A471EC

monochromatic

#C8BA1B #E5D73B #ECE271 #F3EDA7 #FAF8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#ECE271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE271

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE271	1.00	1.34	15.68	15.68
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.135 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea9d',
    500: '#ece271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece271;
$custom-light: #f4ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8983,
    "c": 0.13512,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE271

secondary

#3D48C4

accent

#1DD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE271

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

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