#ECE272#ECE272

#ECE272 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.134 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE272
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.66, -10.99, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.66, 56.38, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(89.84% -0.0328 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(89.84% 0.134 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.8276, 73.4425, 26.6773)
Luminance	0.7344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE272 #727CEC

analogous

#ECA572 #ECE272 #B9EC72

triadic

#ECE272 #72ECE2 #E272EC

tetradic

#ECE272 #72ECA5 #727CEC #EC72B9

square

#ECE272 #72ECA5 #727CEC #EC72B9

split-complementary

#ECE272 #72B9EC #A572EC

monochromatic

#C9BA1B #E5D73C #ECE272 #F3EDA8 #FBF8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#ECE272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE272

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE272	1.00	1.34	15.69	15.69
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DB68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.134 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea9d',
    500: '#ece272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece272;
$custom-light: #f4ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89842,
    "c": 0.13419,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE272

secondary

#3E49C4

accent

#1ED80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE272

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

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