#ECE27F#ECE27F

#ECE27F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.121 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE27F
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 127)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(54, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 46.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.81, -9.85, 49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.81, 50.31, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(90.01% -0.0282 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(90.01% 0.121 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.6208, 73.7598, 30.8549)
Luminance	0.7376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE27F #7F89EC

analogous

#ECAB7F #ECE27F #BFEC7F

triadic

#ECE27F #7FECE2 #E27FEC

tetradic

#ECE27F #7FECAB #7F89EC #EC7FBF

square

#ECE27F #7FECAB #7F89EC #EC7FBF

split-complementary

#ECE27F #7FBFEC #AB7FEC

monochromatic

#D2C11F #E4D64A #ECE27F #F4EEB4 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE27F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#ECE27F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE27F

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE27F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE27F	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)

#F2DC77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E183

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece27f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.121 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eaa6',
    500: '#ece27f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece27f;
$custom-light: #f4eaa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece27f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.495,
    "s": 74.15,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90011,
    "c": 0.12144,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE27F

secondary

#4A55C6

accent

#21D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE27F

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

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