#ECE289#ECE289

#ECE289 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.111 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE289
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 137)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(54, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 41.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.94, -8.88, 44.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.94, 45.51, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(90.16% -0.0245 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(90.16% 0.111 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.3051, 74.0336, 34.4592)
Luminance	0.7403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE289 #8993EC

analogous

#ECB089 #ECE289 #C5EC89

triadic

#ECE289 #89ECE2 #E289EC

tetradic

#ECE289 #89ECB0 #8993EC #EC89C5

square

#ECE289 #89ECB0 #8993EC #EC89C5

split-complementary

#ECE289 #89C5EC #B089EC

monochromatic

#D8C623 #E4D554 #ECE289 #F4EFBE #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE289 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#ECE289 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE289

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE289	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE289	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DC82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E28D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece289;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.111 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ebad',
    500: '#ece289',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece289;
$custom-light: #f4ebad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece289",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.939,
    "s": 72.263,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90156,
    "c": 0.11097,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE289

secondary

#535EC6

accent

#25D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE289

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

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