#ECE480#ECE480

#ECE480 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.122 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE480
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 128)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 45.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.34, -10.75, 49.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.34, 50.66, 102.26°)
OKLab	oklab(90.43% -0.0307 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(90.43% 0.122 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.2333, 74.8801, 31.3822)
Luminance	0.7488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE480 #8088EC

analogous

#ECAE80 #ECE480 #BEEC80

triadic

#ECE480 #80ECE4 #E480EC

tetradic

#ECE480 #80ECAE #8088EC #EC80BE

square

#ECE480 #80ECAE #8088EC #EC80BE

split-complementary

#ECE480 #80BEEC #AE80EC

monochromatic

#D2C51F #E4D94B #ECE480 #F4EFB5 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#ECE480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE480

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE480	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E384

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.122 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eca7',
    500: '#ece480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece480;
$custom-light: #f4eca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 73.973,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90434,
    "c": 0.12248,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE480

secondary

#4B54C6

accent

#1ED60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE480

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

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