#ECE45D#ECE45D

#ECE45D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.154 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE45D
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 93)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.98, -13.52, 64.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.98, 66.34, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(90.03% -0.0423 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(90.03% 0.154 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.3135, 74.1121, 21.2711)
Luminance	0.7411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE45D #5D65EC

analogous

#EC9C5D #ECE45D #ADEC5D

triadic

#ECE45D #5DECE4 #E45DEC

tetradic

#ECE45D #5DEC9C #5D65EC #EC5DAD

square

#ECE45D #5DEC9C #5D65EC #EC5DAD

split-complementary

#ECE45D #5DADEC #9C5DEC

monochromatic

#B9B016 #E6DB26 #ECE45D #F2ED94 #F9F6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#ECE45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE45D

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE45D	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.154 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ec90',
    500: '#ece45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece45d;
$custom-light: #f5ec90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.643,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9003,
    "c": 0.1543,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE45D

secondary

#353CB8

accent

#16DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE45D

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

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