#ECE36A#ECE36A

#ECE36A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.142 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE36A
RGB	rgb(236, 227, 106)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 55.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.83, -12.12, 59.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.83, 60.37, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% -0.0369 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.142 105)
XYZ	xyz(64.6647, 73.8137, 24.4741)
Luminance	0.7381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE36A #6A73EC

analogous

#ECA26A #ECE36A #B4EC6A

triadic

#ECE36A #6AECE3 #E36AEC

tetradic

#ECE36A #6AECA2 #6A73EC #EC6AB4

square

#ECE36A #6AECA2 #6A73EC #EC6AB4

split-complementary

#ECE36A #6AB4EC #A26AEC

monochromatic

#C3B719 #E5D934 #ECE36A #F3EDA0 #FAF7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE36A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#ECE36A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE36A

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE36A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE36A	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece36a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 227, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.142 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eb98',
    500: '#ece36a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece36a;
$custom-light: #f5eb98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece36a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89956,
    "c": 0.14247,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.73812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE36A

secondary

#3943C1

accent

#1ADA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE36A

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

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