#ECE387#ECE387

#ECE387 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.114 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE387
RGB	rgb(236, 227, 135)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 42.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.17, -9.58, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.17, 46.89, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(90.33% -0.0267 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(90.33% 0.114 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.4357, 74.5221, 33.8015)
Luminance	0.7452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE387 #8790EC

analogous

#ECB087 #ECE387 #C3EC87

triadic

#ECE387 #87ECE3 #E387EC

tetradic

#ECE387 #87ECB0 #8790EC #EC87C3

square

#ECE387 #87ECB0 #8790EC #EC87C3

split-complementary

#ECE387 #87C3EC #B087EC

monochromatic

#D7C722 #E4D752 #ECE387 #F4EFBC #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#ECE387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.90

#ECE387 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE387

15.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE387	1.00	1.32	15.90	15.90
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DD80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E28B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 227, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.114 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ebab',
    500: '#ece387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece387;
$custom-light: #f4ebab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.653,
    "s": 72.662,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9033,
    "c": 0.11414,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE387

secondary

#515BC6

accent

#22D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE387

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

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