#ECE273#ECE273

#ECE273 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.133 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE273
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 115)
HSL	hsl(55, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 51.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.67, -10.90, 54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.67, 55.92, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(89.85% -0.0324 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(89.85% 0.133 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.8848, 73.4654, 26.9787)
Luminance	0.7346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE273 #737DEC

analogous

#ECA673 #ECE273 #BAEC73

triadic

#ECE273 #73ECE2 #E273EC

tetradic

#ECE273 #73ECA6 #737DEC #EC73BA

square

#ECE273 #73ECA6 #737DEC #EC73BA

split-complementary

#ECE273 #73BAEC #A673EC

monochromatic

#C9BB1B #E5D73D #ECE273 #F3EDA9 #FBF8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.69

#ECE273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE273

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE273	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)

#F3DB69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.133 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea9e',
    500: '#ece273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece273;
$custom-light: #f4ea9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.041,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89855,
    "c": 0.13325,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE273

secondary

#3F4AC4

accent

#1ED80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE273

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

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