#ECE87A#ECE87A

#ECE87A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.133 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE87A
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 122)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 48.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.30, -13.28, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.30, 55.14, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(91.18% -0.0385 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(91.18% 0.133 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.9631, 76.9530, 29.7346)
Luminance	0.7695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE87A #7A7EEC

analogous

#ECAF7A #ECE87A #B7EC7A

triadic

#ECE87A #7AECE8 #E87AEC

tetradic

#ECE87A #7AECAF #7A7EEC #EC7AB7

square

#ECE87A #7AECAF #7A7EEC #EC7AB7

split-complementary

#ECE87A #7AB7EC #AF7AEC

monochromatic

#CEC81D #E4DF44 #ECE87A #F4F1B0 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE87A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#ECE87A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE87A

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE87A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE87A	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE57F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece87a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.133 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efa3',
    500: '#ece87a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece87a;
$custom-light: #f4efa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece87a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.895,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91176,
    "c": 0.13267,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE87A

secondary

#454AC5

accent

#15D70E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE87A

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

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