#ECE35E#ECE35E

#ECE35E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.153 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE35E
RGB	rgb(236, 227, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.72, -12.96, 64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.72, 65.54, 101.41°)
OKLab	oklab(89.83% -0.0406 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(89.83% 0.153 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.0837, 73.5814, 21.4145)
Luminance	0.7358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE35E #5E67EC

analogous

#EC9C5E #ECE35E #AEEC5E

triadic

#ECE35E #5EECE3 #E35EEC

tetradic

#ECE35E #5EEC9C #5E67EC #EC5EAE

square

#ECE35E #5EEC9C #5E67EC #EC5EAE

split-complementary

#ECE35E #5EAEEC #9C5EEC

monochromatic

#BAAF16 #E6D927 #ECE35E #F2ED95 #F9F6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#ECE35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE35E

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE35E	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 227, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.153 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eb91',
    500: '#ece35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece35e;
$custom-light: #f5eb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.197,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89833,
    "c": 0.15255,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE35E

secondary

#353EB9

accent

#18DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE35E

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

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