#ECE462#ECE462

#ECE462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.150 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE462
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.02, -13.19, 62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.02, 64.24, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(90.08% -0.0408 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(90.08% 0.15 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.5422, 74.2036, 22.4758)
Luminance	0.7420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE462 #626AEC

analogous

#EC9F62 #ECE462 #AFEC62

triadic

#ECE462 #62ECE4 #E462EC

tetradic

#ECE462 #62EC9F #626AEC #EC62AF

square

#ECE462 #62EC9F #626AEC #EC62AF

split-complementary

#ECE462 #62AFEC #9F62EC

monochromatic

#BDB317 #E5DB2B #ECE462 #F3ED99 #F9F7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#ECE462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE462

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE462	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.150 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ec93',
    500: '#ece462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece462;
$custom-light: #f5ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90078,
    "c": 0.15028,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE462

secondary

#373EBC

accent

#17DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE462

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

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