#ECE28E#ECE28E

#ECE28E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.106 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE28E
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 142)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(54, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 39.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.01, -8.36, 42.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.01, 43.07, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(90.23% -0.0226 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(90.23% 0.106 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.6721, 74.1804, 36.3921)
Luminance	0.7418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE28E #8E98EC

analogous

#ECB38E #ECE28E #C7EC8E

triadic

#ECE28E #8EECE2 #E28EEC

tetradic

#ECE28E #8EECB3 #8E98EC #EC8EC7

square

#ECE28E #8EECB3 #8E98EC #EC8EC7

split-complementary

#ECE28E #8EC7EC #B38EEC

monochromatic

#DAC725 #E3D55A #ECE28E #F5EFC2 #FBF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE28E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#ECE28E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE28E

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE28E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE28E	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DD88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E291

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece28e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.106 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ebb0',
    500: '#ece28e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece28e;
$custom-light: #f3ebb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece28e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.617,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90233,
    "c": 0.10553,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE28E

secondary

#5763C7

accent

#27D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE28E

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

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