#ECE949#ECE949

#ECE949 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.173 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE949
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.13, -17.10, 73.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.13, 75.86, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(90.91% -0.0544 0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(90.91% 0.173 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.9359, 76.5938, 17.6655)
Luminance	0.7659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE949 #494CEC

analogous

#EC9849 #ECE949 #9DEC49

triadic

#ECE949 #49ECE9 #E949EC

tetradic

#ECE949 #49EC98 #494CEC #EC499D

square

#ECE949 #49EC98 #494CEC #EC499D

split-complementary

#ECE949 #499DEC #9849EC

monochromatic

#A9A612 #E0DD17 #ECE949 #F2F080 #F8F6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#ECE949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE949

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE949	1.00	1.29	16.32	16.32
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.173 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef85',
    500: '#ece949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece949;
$custom-light: #f6ef85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.896,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90907,
    "c": 0.17307,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE949

secondary

#2F31AA

accent

#0CDD08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE949

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

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