#ECE278#ECE278

#ECE278 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.128 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE278
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 120)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 49.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.73, -10.48, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.73, 53.61, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(89.92% -0.0307 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(89.92% 0.128 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.1803, 73.5837, 28.5353)
Luminance	0.7358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE278 #7882EC

analogous

#ECA878 #ECE278 #BCEC78

triadic

#ECE278 #78ECE2 #E278EC

tetradic

#ECE278 #78ECA8 #7882EC #EC78BC

square

#ECE278 #78ECA8 #7882EC #EC78BC

split-complementary

#ECE278 #78BCEC #A878EC

monochromatic

#CDBE1D #E4D642 #ECE278 #F4EEAE #FBF9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#ECE278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE278

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE278	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E17D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.128 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eaa1',
    500: '#ece278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece278;
$custom-light: #f4eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 75.325,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89917,
    "c": 0.12844,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE278

secondary

#434EC5

accent

#1FD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE278

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

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