#ECE36D#ECE36D

#ECE36D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.140 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE36D
RGB	rgb(236, 227, 109)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.86, -11.89, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.86, 59.04, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(89.99% -0.0359 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(89.99% 0.14 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.8234, 73.8772, 25.3101)
Luminance	0.7388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE36D #6D76EC

analogous

#ECA36D #ECE36D #B5EC6D

triadic

#ECE36D #6DECE3 #E36DEC

tetradic

#ECE36D #6DECA3 #6D76EC #EC6DB5

square

#ECE36D #6DECA3 #6D76EC #EC6DB5

split-complementary

#ECE36D #6DB5EC #A36DEC

monochromatic

#C5B91A #E5D937 #ECE36D #F3EDA3 #FAF8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#ECE36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE36D

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE36D	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 227, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.140 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eb9a',
    500: '#ece36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece36d;
$custom-light: #f5eb9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89989,
    "c": 0.1398,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE36D

secondary

#3A44C3

accent

#1BD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE36D

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

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