#ECE490#ECE490

#ECE490 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.105 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE490
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 144)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(55, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 39%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.55, -9.15, 41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.55, 42.94, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(90.67% -0.0247 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(90.67% 0.105 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.3706, 75.3350, 37.3723)
Luminance	0.7533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE490 #9098EC

analogous

#ECB690 #ECE490 #C6EC90

triadic

#ECE490 #90ECE4 #E490EC

tetradic

#ECE490 #90ECB6 #9098EC #EC90C6

square

#ECE490 #90ECB6 #9098EC #EC90C6

split-complementary

#ECE490 #90C6EC #B690EC

monochromatic

#DACB27 #E3D75C #ECE490 #F5F1C4 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.07

#ECE490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE490

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE490	1.00	1.31	16.07	16.07
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DE8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E393

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.105 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ecb1',
    500: '#ece490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece490;
$custom-light: #f3ecb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 70.769,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90672,
    "c": 0.10544,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.75333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE490

secondary

#5963C7

accent

#23D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE490

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

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