#ECE36C#ECE36C

#ECE36C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.141 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE36C
RGB	rgb(236, 227, 108)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 54.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.85, -11.96, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.85, 59.48, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(89.98% -0.0362 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(89.98% 0.141 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.7699, 73.8558, 25.0282)
Luminance	0.7385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE36C #6C75EC

analogous

#ECA36C #ECE36C #B5EC6C

triadic

#ECE36C #6CECE3 #E36CEC

tetradic

#ECE36C #6CECA3 #6C75EC #EC6CB5

square

#ECE36C #6CECA3 #6C75EC #EC6CB5

split-complementary

#ECE36C #6CB5EC #A36CEC

monochromatic

#C4B819 #E5D936 #ECE36C #F3EDA2 #FAF8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE36C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#ECE36C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE36C

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE36C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE36C	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)

#F4DC60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece36c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 227, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.141 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eb99',
    500: '#ece36c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece36c;
$custom-light: #f5eb99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece36c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 77.108,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89978,
    "c": 0.14069,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE36C

secondary

#3A44C2

accent

#1BD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE36C

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

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