#ECE58F#ECE58F

#ECE58F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.108 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE58F
RGB	rgb(236, 229, 143)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(55, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 39.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.79, -9.75, 42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.79, 43.85, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(90.86% -0.0266 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(90.86% 0.108 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.5704, 75.8563, 37.0636)
Luminance	0.7585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE58F #8F96EC

analogous

#ECB78F #ECE58F #C5EC8F

triadic

#ECE58F #8FECE5 #E58FEC

tetradic

#ECE58F #8FECB7 #8F96EC #EC8FC5

square

#ECE58F #8FECB7 #8F96EC #EC8FC5

split-complementary

#ECE58F #8FC5EC #B78FEC

monochromatic

#DACD26 #E3D95B #ECE58F #F5F1C3 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#ECE58F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#ECE58F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE58F

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE58F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE58F	1.00	1.30	16.17	16.17
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DF88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E493

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece58f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 229, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.108 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3edb1',
    500: '#ece58f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece58f;
$custom-light: #f3edb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece58f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.484,
    "s": 70.992,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9086,
    "c": 0.10761,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE58F

secondary

#5861C7

accent

#21D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE58F

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

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