#ECE44B#ECE44B

#ECE44B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.167 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE44B
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 75)
HSL	hsl(57, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 68.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.84, -14.56, 71.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.84, 73.37, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(89.88% -0.0471 0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(89.88% 0.167 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.6079, 73.8299, 17.5553)
Luminance	0.7383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE44B #4B53EC

analogous

#EC934B #ECE44B #A3EC4B

triadic

#ECE44B #4BECE4 #E44BEC

tetradic

#ECE44B #4BEC93 #4B53EC #EC4BA3

square

#ECE44B #4BEC93 #4B53EC #EC4BA3

split-complementary

#ECE44B #4BA3EC #934BEC

monochromatic

#ABA312 #E2D818 #ECE44B #F2EC82 #F8F5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#ECE44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE44B

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE44B	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.167 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec86',
    500: '#ece44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece44b;
$custom-light: #f6ec86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.019,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89881,
    "c": 0.16716,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE44B

secondary

#3036AC

accent

#13DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE44B

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

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