#ECE862#ECE862

#ECE862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.154 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE862
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 98)
HSL	hsl(58, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.06, -15.16, 64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.06, 65.78, 103.32°)
OKLab	oklab(90.91% -0.0464 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(90.91% 0.154 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.6553, 76.4299, 22.8468)
Luminance	0.7643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE862 #6266EC

analogous

#ECA362 #ECE862 #ABEC62

triadic

#ECE862 #62ECE8 #E862EC

tetradic

#ECE862 #62ECA3 #6266EC #EC62AB

square

#ECE862 #62ECA3 #6266EC #EC62AB

split-complementary

#ECE862 #62ABEC #A362EC

monochromatic

#BDB817 #E5E02B #ECE862 #F3F099 #F9F8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.29

#ECE862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE862

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE862	1.00	1.29	16.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.154 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef94',
    500: '#ece862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece862;
$custom-light: #f5ef94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.261,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90906,
    "c": 0.15422,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE862

secondary

#373ABC

accent

#11DB0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE862

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

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