#ECE46F#ECE46F

#ECE46F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.139 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE46F
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 111)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 53%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.14, -12.22, 57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.14, 58.53, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(90.22% -0.0366 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(90.22% 0.139 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.2066, 74.4694, 25.9750)
Luminance	0.7447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE46F #6F77EC

analogous

#ECA56F #ECE46F #B5EC6F

triadic

#ECE46F #6FECE4 #E46FEC

tetradic

#ECE46F #6FECA5 #6F77EC #EC6FB5

square

#ECE46F #6FECA5 #6F77EC #EC6FB5

split-complementary

#ECE46F #6FB5EC #A56FEC

monochromatic

#C6BB1A #E5DA39 #ECE46F #F3EEA5 #FAF8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#ECE46F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#ECE46F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE46F

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE46F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE46F	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece46f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.139 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ec9b',
    500: '#ece46f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece46f;
$custom-light: #f4ec9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece46f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.16,
    "s": 76.687,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90218,
    "c": 0.13897,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE46F

secondary

#3B44C4

accent

#1AD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE46F

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

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