#ECE74B#ECE74B

#ECE74B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.170 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE74B
RGB	rgb(236, 231, 75)
HSL	hsl(58, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 68.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.62, -16.03, 72.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.62, 74.43, 102.44°)
OKLab	oklab(90.5% -0.0512 0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(90.5% 0.17 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.4404, 75.4948, 17.8327)
Luminance	0.7549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE74B #4B50EC

analogous

#EC964B #ECE74B #A0EC4B

triadic

#ECE74B #4BECE7 #E74BEC

tetradic

#ECE74B #4BEC96 #4B50EC #EC4BA0

square

#ECE74B #4BEC96 #4B50EC #EC4BA0

split-complementary

#ECE74B #4BA0EC #964BEC

monochromatic

#ABA612 #E2DC18 #ECE74B #F2EE82 #F8F6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#ECE74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#ECE74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE74B

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE74B	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 231, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.170 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ee86',
    500: '#ece74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece74b;
$custom-light: #f6ee86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.137,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90504,
    "c": 0.16994,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE74B

secondary

#3033AC

accent

#0FDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE74B

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

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