#ECE45A#ECE45A

#ECE45A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.157 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE45A
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 90)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.95, -13.71, 66.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.95, 67.57, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(90% -0.0431 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(90% 0.157 106)
XYZ	xyz(64.1832, 74.0600, 20.5850)
Luminance	0.7406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE45A #5A62EC

analogous

#EC9B5A #ECE45A #ABEC5A

triadic

#ECE45A #5AECE4 #E45AEC

tetradic

#ECE45A #5AEC9B #5A62EC #EC5AAB

square

#ECE45A #5AEC9B #5A62EC #EC5AAB

split-complementary

#ECE45A #5AABEC #9B5AEC

monochromatic

#B7AE15 #E6DB23 #ECE45A #F2ED91 #F9F6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#ECE45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE45A

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE45A	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.157 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ec8e',
    500: '#ece45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece45a;
$custom-light: #f5ec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.712,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90002,
    "c": 0.15663,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.74058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE45A

secondary

#343BB6

accent

#15DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE45A

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

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