#ECE37E#ECE37E

#ECE37E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.123 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE37E
RGB	rgb(236, 227, 126)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 46.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.05, -10.44, 50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.05, 51.19, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(90.2% -0.03 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(90.2% 0.123 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.8286, 74.2793, 30.6043)
Luminance	0.7428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE37E #7E87EC

analogous

#ECAC7E #ECE37E #BEEC7E

triadic

#ECE37E #7EECE3 #E37EEC

tetradic

#ECE37E #7EECAC #7E87EC #EC7EBE

square

#ECE37E #7EECAC #7E87EC #EC7EBE

split-complementary

#ECE37E #7EBEEC #AC7EEC

monochromatic

#D1C21F #E4D749 #ECE37E #F4EFB3 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#ECE37E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#ECE37E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE37E

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE37E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE37E	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DD75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece37e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 227, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.123 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eba5',
    500: '#ece37e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece37e;
$custom-light: #f4eba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece37e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.091,
    "s": 74.324,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90202,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE37E

secondary

#4953C5

accent

#1FD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE37E

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

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