#ECE486#ECE486

#ECE486 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.116 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE486
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 134)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 43.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.41, -10.18, 46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.41, 47.79, 102.29°)
OKLab	oklab(90.52% -0.0285 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(90.52% 0.116 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.6399, 75.0427, 33.5239)
Luminance	0.7504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE486 #868EEC

analogous

#ECB186 #ECE486 #C1EC86

triadic

#ECE486 #86ECE4 #E486EC

tetradic

#ECE486 #86ECB1 #868EEC #EC86C1

square

#ECE486 #86ECB1 #868EEC #EC86C1

split-complementary

#ECE486 #86C1EC #B186EC

monochromatic

#D6C822 #E4D851 #ECE486 #F4F0BB #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#ECE486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE486

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE486	1.00	1.31	16.01	16.01
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E38A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.116 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ecab',
    500: '#ece486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece486;
$custom-light: #f4ecab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 72.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90519,
    "c": 0.11625,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE486

secondary

#5059C6

accent

#20D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE486

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

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