#ECE857#ECE857

#ECE857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.163 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE857
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.97, -15.86, 68.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.97, 70.27, 103.04°)
OKLab	oklab(90.81% -0.0495 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(90.81% 0.163 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.1712, 76.2362, 20.2971)
Luminance	0.7623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE857 #575BEC

analogous

#EC9D57 #ECE857 #A5EC57

triadic

#ECE857 #57ECE8 #E857EC

tetradic

#ECE857 #57EC9D #575BEC #EC57A5

square

#ECE857 #57EC9D #575BEC #EC57A5

split-complementary

#ECE857 #57A5EC #9D57EC

monochromatic

#B4B014 #E6E020 #ECE857 #F2F08E #F8F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#ECE857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE857

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE857	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.163 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef8d',
    500: '#ece857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece857;
$custom-light: #f5ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.389,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90806,
    "c": 0.16271,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE857

secondary

#3337B4

accent

#0FDC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE857

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

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