#ECE35D#ECE35D

#ECE35D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.153 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE35D
RGB	rgb(236, 227, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.72, -13.03, 64.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.72, 65.96, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(89.82% -0.0409 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(89.82% 0.153 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.0392, 73.5635, 21.1797)
Luminance	0.7356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE35D #5D66EC

analogous

#EC9C5D #ECE35D #ADEC5D

triadic

#ECE35D #5DECE3 #E35DEC

tetradic

#ECE35D #5DEC9C #5D66EC #EC5DAD

square

#ECE35D #5DEC9C #5D66EC #EC5DAD

split-complementary

#ECE35D #5DADEC #9C5DEC

monochromatic

#B9AF16 #E6DA26 #ECE35D #F2EC94 #F9F6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE35D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#ECE35D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE35D

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE35D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE35D	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece35d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 227, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.153 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eb90',
    500: '#ece35d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece35d;
$custom-light: #f5eb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece35d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.224,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89823,
    "c": 0.15334,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE35D

secondary

#353DB8

accent

#17DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE35D

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

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