#ECE485#ECE485

#ECE485 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.117 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE485
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 133)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(55, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 43.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.40, -10.27, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.40, 48.27, 102.29°)
OKLab	oklab(90.51% -0.0289 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(90.51% 0.117 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.5705, 75.0149, 33.1583)
Luminance	0.7501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE485 #858DEC

analogous

#ECB185 #ECE485 #C0EC85

triadic

#ECE485 #85ECE4 #E485EC

tetradic

#ECE485 #85ECB1 #858DEC #EC85C0

square

#ECE485 #85ECB1 #858DEC #EC85C0

split-complementary

#ECE485 #85C0EC #B185EC

monochromatic

#D5C721 #E4D850 #ECE485 #F4F0BA #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#ECE485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE485

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE485	1.00	1.31	16.00	16.00
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAD9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.117 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ecaa',
    500: '#ece485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece485;
$custom-light: #f4ecaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.34,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90505,
    "c": 0.1173,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE485

secondary

#4F58C6

accent

#20D510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFDF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE485

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

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