#ECE489#ECE489

#ECE489 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.113 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE489
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 137)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(55, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 41.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.45, -9.88, 45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.45, 46.35, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(90.56% -0.0274 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(90.56% 0.113 104)
XYZ	xyz(66.8521, 75.1276, 34.6416)
Luminance	0.7513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE489 #8991EC

analogous

#ECB389 #ECE489 #C2EC89

triadic

#ECE489 #89ECE4 #E489EC

tetradic

#ECE489 #89ECB3 #8991EC #EC89C2

square

#ECE489 #89ECB3 #8991EC #EC89C2

split-complementary

#ECE489 #89C2EC #B389EC

monochromatic

#D8C923 #E4D854 #ECE489 #F4F0BE #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#ECE489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE489

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE489	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DE82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E38D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.113 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ecad',
    500: '#ece489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece489;
$custom-light: #f4ecad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.152,
    "s": 72.263,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90564,
    "c": 0.11305,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.75126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE489

secondary

#535CC6

accent

#21D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE489

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

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