#ECE487#ECE487

#ECE487 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.115 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE487
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 135)
HSL	hsl(55, 73%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 42.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.43, -10.08, 46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.43, 47.31, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(90.53% -0.0281 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(90.53% 0.115 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.7100, 75.0707, 33.8930)
Luminance	0.7507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE487 #878FEC

analogous

#ECB287 #ECE487 #C1EC87

triadic

#ECE487 #87ECE4 #E487EC

tetradic

#ECE487 #87ECB2 #878FEC #EC87C1

square

#ECE487 #87ECB2 #878FEC #EC87C1

split-complementary

#ECE487 #87C1EC #B287EC

monochromatic

#D7C822 #E4D852 #ECE487 #F4F0BC #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.01

#ECE487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE487

16.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE487	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)

#F3DE80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E38B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.115 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ecab',
    500: '#ece487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece487;
$custom-light: #f4ecab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.248,
    "s": 72.662,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90534,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.75069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE487

secondary

#515AC6

accent

#20D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE487

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

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