#ECE45E#ECE45E

#ECE45E 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 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE45E
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.98, -13.46, 64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.98, 65.92, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(90.04% -0.042 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(90.04% 0.154 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.3580, 74.1300, 21.5059)
Luminance	0.7413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE45E #5E66EC

analogous

#EC9D5E #ECE45E #ADEC5E

triadic

#ECE45E #5EECE4 #E45EEC

tetradic

#ECE45E #5EEC9D #5E66EC #EC5EAD

square

#ECE45E #5EEC9D #5E66EC #EC5EAD

split-complementary

#ECE45E #5EADEC #9D5EEC

monochromatic

#BAB016 #E6DB27 #ECE45E #F2ED95 #F9F6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.83

#ECE45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE45E

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE45E	1.00	1.33	15.83	15.83
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.154 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ec91',
    500: '#ece45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece45e;
$custom-light: #f5ec91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.62,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90039,
    "c": 0.15351,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE45E

secondary

#353DB9

accent

#16DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE45E

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

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