#ECE87B#ECE87B

#ECE87B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.132 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE87B
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 123)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 47.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.31, -13.19, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.31, 54.68, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(91.19% -0.0382 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(91.19% 0.132 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.0254, 76.9779, 30.0626)
Luminance	0.7698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE87B #7B7FEC

analogous

#ECAF7B #ECE87B #B7EC7B

triadic

#ECE87B #7BECE8 #E87BEC

tetradic

#ECE87B #7BECAF #7B7FEC #EC7BB7

square

#ECE87B #7BECAF #7B7FEC #EC7BB7

split-complementary

#ECE87B #7BB7EC #AF7BEC

monochromatic

#CFC91E #E4DF46 #ECE87B #F4F1B0 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE87B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#ECE87B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE87B

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE87B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE87B	1.00	1.28	16.40	16.40
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece87b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.132 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efa3',
    500: '#ece87b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece87b;
$custom-light: #f4efa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece87b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.876,
    "s": 74.834,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91189,
    "c": 0.13169,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE87B

secondary

#464BC5

accent

#16D70F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE87B

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

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