#ECE46D#ECE46D

#ECE46D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.141 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE46D
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 109)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.12, -12.38, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.12, 59.43, 102.02°)
OKLab	oklab(90.2% -0.0373 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(90.2% 0.141 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.0977, 74.4258, 25.4015)
Luminance	0.7442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE46D #6D75EC

analogous

#ECA46D #ECE46D #B5EC6D

triadic

#ECE46D #6DECE4 #E46DEC

tetradic

#ECE46D #6DECA4 #6D75EC #EC6DB5

square

#ECE46D #6DECA4 #6D75EC #EC6DB5

split-complementary

#ECE46D #6DB5EC #A46DEC

monochromatic

#C5BA1A #E5DA37 #ECE46D #F3EEA3 #FAF8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#ECE46D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.88

#ECE46D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE46D

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE46D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE46D	1.00	1.32	15.88	15.88
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece46d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.141 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ec9a',
    500: '#ece46d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece46d;
$custom-light: #f5ec9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece46d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90195,
    "c": 0.14078,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE46D

secondary

#3A43C3

accent

#19D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE46D

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

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