#ECE36E#ECE36E

#ECE36E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.139 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE36E
RGB	rgb(236, 227, 110)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 53.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.87, -11.81, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.87, 58.59, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(90% -0.0356 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(90% 0.139 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.8775, 73.8989, 25.5952)
Luminance	0.7390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE36E #6E77EC

analogous

#ECA46E #ECE36E #B6EC6E

triadic

#ECE36E #6EECE3 #E36EEC

tetradic

#ECE36E #6EECA4 #6E77EC #EC6EB6

square

#ECE36E #6EECA4 #6E77EC #EC6EB6

split-complementary

#ECE36E #6EB6EC #A46EEC

monochromatic

#C6B91A #E5D938 #ECE36E #F3EDA4 #FAF8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#ECE36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE36E

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE36E	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)

#F4DC63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 227, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.139 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eb9b',
    500: '#ece36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece36e;
$custom-light: #f5eb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90001,
    "c": 0.13888,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE36E

secondary

#3B45C3

accent

#1BD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE36E

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

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