#ECE35A#ECE35A

#ECE35A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.156 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE35A
RGB	rgb(236, 227, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.69, -13.22, 65.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.69, 67.20, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(89.8% -0.0417 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(89.8% 0.156 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.9089, 73.5114, 20.4935)
Luminance	0.7351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE35A #5A63EC

analogous

#EC9A5A #ECE35A #ACEC5A

triadic

#ECE35A #5AECE3 #E35AEC

tetradic

#ECE35A #5AEC9A #5A63EC #EC5AAC

square

#ECE35A #5AEC9A #5A63EC #EC5AAC

split-complementary

#ECE35A #5AACEC #9A5AEC

monochromatic

#B7AD15 #E6DA23 #ECE35A #F2EC91 #F9F6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#ECE35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE35A

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE35A	1.00	1.34	15.70	15.70
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 227, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.156 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eb8e',
    500: '#ece35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece35a;
$custom-light: #f5eb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.301,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89796,
    "c": 0.15567,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE35A

secondary

#343CB6

accent

#17DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE35A

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

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