#ECE27C#ECE27C

#ECE27C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.124 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE27C
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 124)
HSL	hsl(55, 75%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 47.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.77, -10.12, 50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.77, 51.73, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(89.97% -0.0293 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(89.97% 0.124 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.4282, 73.6828, 29.8405)
Luminance	0.7368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE27C #7C86EC

analogous

#ECAA7C #ECE27C #BEEC7C

triadic

#ECE27C #7CECE2 #E27CEC

tetradic

#ECE27C #7CECAA #7C86EC #EC7CBE

square

#ECE27C #7CECAA #7C86EC #EC7CBE

split-complementary

#ECE27C #7CBEEC #AA7CEC

monochromatic

#D0C01E #E4D647 #ECE27C #F4EEB1 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE27C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#ECE27C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE27C

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE27C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE27C	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece27c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.124 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eaa4',
    500: '#ece27c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece27c;
$custom-light: #f4eaa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece27c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 74.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8997,
    "c": 0.12448,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE27C

secondary

#4752C5

accent

#21D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE27C

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

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