#ECE44D#ECE44D

#ECE44D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.166 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE44D
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 77)
HSL	hsl(57, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.86, -14.45, 71.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.86, 72.63, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(89.9% -0.0466 0.1592)
OKLCH	oklch(89.9% 0.166 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.6774, 73.8577, 17.9215)
Luminance	0.7386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE44D #4D55EC

analogous

#EC954D #ECE44D #A5EC4D

triadic

#ECE44D #4DECE4 #E44DEC

tetradic

#ECE44D #4DEC95 #4D55EC #EC4DA5

square

#ECE44D #4DEC95 #4D55EC #EC4DA5

split-complementary

#ECE44D #4DA5EC #954DEC

monochromatic

#ACA412 #E4D918 #ECE44D #F2EC84 #F8F5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#ECE44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE44D

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE44D	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)

#F7DC36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.166 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ec87',
    500: '#ece44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece44d;
$custom-light: #f6ec87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.981,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89896,
    "c": 0.16586,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE44D

secondary

#3036AD

accent

#13DD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE44D

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

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