#ECE74D#ECE74D

#ECE74D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.169 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE74D
RGB	rgb(236, 231, 77)
HSL	hsl(58, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.64, -15.93, 71.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.64, 73.71, 102.48°)
OKLab	oklab(90.52% -0.0507 0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(90.52% 0.169 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.5099, 75.5226, 18.1989)
Luminance	0.7552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE74D #4D52EC

analogous

#EC984D #ECE74D #A2EC4D

triadic

#ECE74D #4DECE7 #E74DEC

tetradic

#ECE74D #4DEC98 #4D52EC #EC4DA2

square

#ECE74D #4DEC98 #4D52EC #EC4DA2

split-complementary

#ECE74D #4DA2EC #984DEC

monochromatic

#ACA712 #E4DD18 #ECE74D #F2EE84 #F8F6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#ECE74D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#ECE74D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE74D

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE74D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE74D	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)

#FADE36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece74d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 231, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.169 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ee87',
    500: '#ece74d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece74d;
$custom-light: #f6ee87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece74d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.113,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90519,
    "c": 0.16866,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE74D

secondary

#3034AD

accent

#0FDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE74D

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

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