#ECE49A#ECE49A

#ECE49A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.094 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE49A
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 154)
HSL	hsl(54, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(54, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 34.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.70, -8.04, 37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.70, 38.00, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(90.84% -0.0209 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(90.84% 0.094 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.1691, 75.6544, 41.5773)
Luminance	0.7565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE49A #9AA2EC

analogous

#ECBB9A #ECE49A #CBEC9A

triadic

#ECE49A #9AECE4 #E49AEC

tetradic

#ECE49A #9AECBB #9AA2EC #EC9ACB

square

#ECE49A #9AECBB #9AA2EC #EC9ACB

split-complementary

#ECE49A #9ACBEC #BB9AEC

monochromatic

#D9C833 #E2D666 #ECE49A #F6F2CE #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#ECE49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.13

#ECE49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE49A

16.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE49A	1.00	1.30	16.13	16.13
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E49D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.094 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ecb8',
    500: '#ece49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece49a;
$custom-light: #f3ecb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90839,
    "c": 0.09415,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE49A

secondary

#626CC8

accent

#27D015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE49A

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

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