#ECE36F#ECE36F

#ECE36F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.138 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE36F
RGB	rgb(236, 227, 111)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 53%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.89, -11.73, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.89, 58.14, 101.64°)
OKLab	oklab(90.01% -0.0352 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(90.01% 0.138 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.9323, 73.9208, 25.8836)
Luminance	0.7392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE36F #6F78EC

analogous

#ECA46F #ECE36F #B6EC6F

triadic

#ECE36F #6FECE3 #E36FEC

tetradic

#ECE36F #6FECA4 #6F78EC #EC6FB6

square

#ECE36F #6FECA4 #6F78EC #EC6FB6

split-complementary

#ECE36F #6FB6EC #A46FEC

monochromatic

#C6BA1A #E5D839 #ECE36F #F3EEA5 #FAF8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE36F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#ECE36F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE36F

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE36F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE36F	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)

#F4DC64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece36f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 227, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.138 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eb9b',
    500: '#ece36f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece36f;
$custom-light: #f4eb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece36f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 76.687,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90012,
    "c": 0.13797,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE36F

secondary

#3B45C4

accent

#1BD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE36F

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

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