#ECE87E#ECE87E

#ECE87E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.129 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE87E
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 126)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 46.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.35, -12.92, 51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.35, 53.28, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(91.23% -0.0371 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(91.23% 0.129 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.2161, 77.0542, 31.0668)
Luminance	0.7705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE87E #7E82EC

analogous

#ECB17E #ECE87E #B9EC7E

triadic

#ECE87E #7EECE8 #E87EEC

tetradic

#ECE87E #7EECB1 #7E82EC #EC7EB9

square

#ECE87E #7EECB1 #7E82EC #EC7EB9

split-complementary

#ECE87E #7EB9EC #B17EEC

monochromatic

#D1CA1F #E4DE49 #ECE87E #F4F2B3 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE87E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#ECE87E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE87E

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE87E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE87E	1.00	1.28	16.41	16.41
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece87e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.129 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efa5',
    500: '#ece87e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece87e;
$custom-light: #f4efa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece87e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.818,
    "s": 74.324,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91228,
    "c": 0.12871,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE87E

secondary

#494DC5

accent

#16D60F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE87E

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

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