#ECE494#ECE494

#ECE494 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.101 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE494
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 148)
HSL	hsl(55, 70%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(55, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 37.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.61, -8.71, 40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.61, 40.97, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(90.74% -0.0232 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(90.74% 0.101 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.6818, 75.4595, 39.0110)
Luminance	0.7546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE494 #949CEC

analogous

#ECB894 #ECE494 #C8EC94

triadic

#ECE494 #94ECE4 #E494EC

tetradic

#ECE494 #94ECB8 #949CEC #EC94C8

square

#ECE494 #94ECB8 #949CEC #EC94C8

split-complementary

#ECE494 #94C8EC #B894EC

monochromatic

#DACA2C #E3D760 #ECE494 #F5F1C8 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#ECE494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE494

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE494	1.00	1.31	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.101 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ecb4',
    500: '#ece494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece494;
$custom-light: #f3ecb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 69.841,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90737,
    "c": 0.10098,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE494

secondary

#5D67C7

accent

#25D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE494

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

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