#ECE481#ECE481

#ECE481 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.121 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE481
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 129)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(56, 45%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 45.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.35, -10.66, 49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.35, 50.18, 102.26°)
OKLab	oklab(90.45% -0.0304 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(90.45% 0.121 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.2994, 74.9065, 31.7306)
Luminance	0.7490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE481 #8189EC

analogous

#ECAF81 #ECE481 #BFEC81

triadic

#ECE481 #81ECE4 #E481EC

tetradic

#ECE481 #81ECAF #8189EC #EC81BF

square

#ECE481 #81ECAF #8189EC #EC81BF

split-complementary

#ECE481 #81BFEC #AF81EC

monochromatic

#D3C520 #E4D94C #ECE481 #F4EFB6 #FBF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#ECE481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE481

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE481	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)

#F3DE79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.121 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eca7',
    500: '#ece481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece481;
$custom-light: #f4eca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.514,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90448,
    "c": 0.12145,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.74905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE481

secondary

#4B55C6

accent

#1ED610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE481

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

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