#ECE280#ECE280

#ECE280 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.120 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE280
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 128)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(54, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 45.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.82, -9.75, 48.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.82, 49.84, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(90.03% -0.0279 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(90.03% 0.12 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.6863, 73.7860, 31.1999)
Luminance	0.7378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE280 #808AEC

analogous

#ECAC80 #ECE280 #C0EC80

triadic

#ECE280 #80ECE2 #E280EC

tetradic

#ECE280 #80ECAC #808AEC #EC80C0

square

#ECE280 #80ECAC #808AEC #EC80C0

split-complementary

#ECE280 #80C0EC #AC80EC

monochromatic

#D2C21F #E4D64B #ECE280 #F4EEB5 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#ECE280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE280

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE280	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E184

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.120 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eaa7',
    500: '#ece280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece280;
$custom-light: #f4eaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 73.973,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90025,
    "c": 0.12042,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE280

secondary

#4B56C6

accent

#22D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE280

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

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