#ECE36B#ECE36B

#ECE36B 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 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE36B
RGB	rgb(236, 227, 107)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 54.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.84, -12.04, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.84, 59.93, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(89.97% -0.0365 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(89.97% 0.142 105)
XYZ	xyz(64.7170, 73.8346, 24.7495)
Luminance	0.7383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE36B #6B74EC

analogous

#ECA36B #ECE36B #B5EC6B

triadic

#ECE36B #6BECE3 #E36BEC

tetradic

#ECE36B #6BECA3 #6B74EC #EC6BB5

square

#ECE36B #6BECA3 #6B74EC #EC6BB5

split-complementary

#ECE36B #6BB5EC #A36BEC

monochromatic

#C4B819 #E5D935 #ECE36B #F3EDA1 #FAF8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE36B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#ECE36B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE36B

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE36B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE36B	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece36b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 227, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.142 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eb99',
    500: '#ece36b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece36b;
$custom-light: #f5eb99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece36b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 77.246,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89967,
    "c": 0.14159,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.73833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE36B

secondary

#3A43C2

accent

#1AD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE36B

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

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