#ECE27E#ECE27E

#ECE27E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.122 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE27E
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 126)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 46.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.80, -9.94, 49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.80, 50.79, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(90% -0.0286 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(90% 0.122 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.5559, 73.7339, 30.5134)
Luminance	0.7373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE27E #7E88EC

analogous

#ECAB7E #ECE27E #BFEC7E

triadic

#ECE27E #7EECE2 #E27EEC

tetradic

#ECE27E #7EECAB #7E88EC #EC7EBF

square

#ECE27E #7EECAB #7E88EC #EC7EBF

split-complementary

#ECE27E #7EBFEC #AB7EEC

monochromatic

#D1C11F #E4D649 #ECE27E #F4EEB3 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE27E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#ECE27E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE27E

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE27E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE27E	1.00	1.33	15.75	15.75
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E182

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece27e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.122 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eaa5',
    500: '#ece27e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece27e;
$custom-light: #f4eaa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece27e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 74.324,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89997,
    "c": 0.12246,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE27E

secondary

#4954C5

accent

#21D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE27E

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

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