#ECE84E#ECE84E

#ECE84E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.169 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE84E
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 66.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.90, -16.36, 71.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.90, 73.70, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(90.74% -0.0518 0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(90.74% 0.169 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.8262, 76.0982, 18.4799)
Luminance	0.7610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE84E #4E52EC

analogous

#EC994E #ECE84E #A1EC4E

triadic

#ECE84E #4EECE8 #E84EEC

tetradic

#ECE84E #4EEC99 #4E52EC #EC4EA1

square

#ECE84E #4EEC99 #4E52EC #EC4EA1

split-complementary

#ECE84E #4EA1EC #994EEC

monochromatic

#ADA913 #E4DF19 #ECE84E #F2EF85 #F8F6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE84E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.22

#ECE84E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE84E

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE84E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE84E	1.00	1.29	16.22	16.22
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBDF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece84e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.169 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef88',
    500: '#ece84e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece84e;
$custom-light: #f6ef88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece84e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.481,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90735,
    "c": 0.16894,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE84E

secondary

#3034AE

accent

#0EDD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE84E

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

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