#ECE74E#ECE74E

#ECE74E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.168 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE74E
RGB	rgb(236, 231, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 66.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.64, -15.87, 71.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.64, 73.34, 102.50°)
OKLab	oklab(90.53% -0.0505 0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(90.53% 0.168 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.5455, 75.5369, 18.3863)
Luminance	0.7553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE74E #4E53EC

analogous

#EC984E #ECE74E #A2EC4E

triadic

#ECE74E #4EECE7 #E74EEC

tetradic

#ECE74E #4EEC98 #4E53EC #EC4EA2

square

#ECE74E #4EEC98 #4E53EC #EC4EA2

split-complementary

#ECE74E #4EA2EC #984EEC

monochromatic

#ADA813 #E4DE19 #ECE74E #F2EE85 #F8F6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#ECE74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#ECE74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE74E

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE74E	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADE37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 231, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.168 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ee88',
    500: '#ece74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece74e;
$custom-light: #f6ee88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.101,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90526,
    "c": 0.168,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE74E

secondary

#3034AE

accent

#0FDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE74E

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

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