#ECE87F#ECE87F

#ECE87F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.128 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE87F
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 127)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 46.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.36, -12.83, 51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.36, 52.81, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(91.24% -0.0368 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(91.24% 0.128 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.2809, 77.0801, 31.4083)
Luminance	0.7708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE87F #7F83EC

analogous

#ECB17F #ECE87F #B9EC7F

triadic

#ECE87F #7FECE8 #E87FEC

tetradic

#ECE87F #7FECB1 #7F83EC #EC7FB9

square

#ECE87F #7FECB1 #7F83EC #EC7FB9

split-complementary

#ECE87F #7FB9EC #B17FEC

monochromatic

#D2CB1F #E4DE4A #ECE87F #F4F2B4 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE87F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.42

#ECE87F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE87F

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE87F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE87F	1.00	1.28	16.42	16.42
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E176

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece87f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.128 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efa6',
    500: '#ece87f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece87f;
$custom-light: #f4efa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece87f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.798,
    "s": 74.15,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91242,
    "c": 0.12771,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE87F

secondary

#4A4EC6

accent

#17D60F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE87F

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

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