#ECE27A#ECE27A

#ECE27A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.126 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE27A
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 122)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 48.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.75, -10.30, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.75, 52.67, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(89.94% -0.03 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(89.94% 0.126 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.3030, 73.6327, 29.1812)
Luminance	0.7363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE27A #7A84EC

analogous

#ECA97A #ECE27A #BDEC7A

triadic

#ECE27A #7AECE2 #E27AEC

tetradic

#ECE27A #7AECA9 #7A84EC #EC7ABD

square

#ECE27A #7AECA9 #7A84EC #EC7ABD

split-complementary

#ECE27A #7ABDEC #A97AEC

monochromatic

#CEBF1D #E4D644 #ECE27A #F4EEB0 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE27A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#ECE27A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE27A

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE27A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE27A	1.00	1.34	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E17F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece27a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.126 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eaa3',
    500: '#ece27a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece27a;
$custom-light: #f4eaa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece27a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.737,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89943,
    "c": 0.12646,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE27A

secondary

#4550C5

accent

#20D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE27A

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

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