#ECE35F#ECE35F

#ECE35F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.152 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE35F
RGB	rgb(236, 227, 95)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.73, -12.90, 63.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.73, 65.13, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(89.84% -0.0403 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(89.84% 0.152 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.1289, 73.5994, 21.6523)
Luminance	0.7360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE35F #5F68EC

analogous

#EC9C5F #ECE35F #AFEC5F

triadic

#ECE35F #5FECE3 #E35FEC

tetradic

#ECE35F #5FEC9C #5F68EC #EC5FAF

square

#ECE35F #5FEC9C #5F68EC #EC5FAF

split-complementary

#ECE35F #5FAFEC #9C5FEC

monochromatic

#BAB016 #E6D928 #ECE35F #F2ED96 #F9F6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE35F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#ECE35F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE35F

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE35F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE35F	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)

#F5DB50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece35f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 227, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.152 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eb91',
    500: '#ece35f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece35f;
$custom-light: #f5eb91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece35f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89842,
    "c": 0.15176,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE35F

secondary

#363EBA

accent

#18DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE35F

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

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