#ECE94A#ECE94A

#ECE94A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.172 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE94A
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 74)
HSL	hsl(59, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 68.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.14, -17.06, 73.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.14, 75.51, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(90.91% -0.0542 0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(90.91% 0.172 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.9694, 76.6072, 17.8416)
Luminance	0.7661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE94A #4A4DEC

analogous

#EC984A #ECE94A #9EEC4A

triadic

#ECE94A #4AECE9 #E94AEC

tetradic

#ECE94A #4AEC98 #4A4DEC #EC4A9E

square

#ECE94A #4AEC98 #4A4DEC #EC4A9E

split-complementary

#ECE94A #4A9EEC #984AEC

monochromatic

#AAA712 #E1DD18 #ECE94A #F2F081 #F8F6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE94A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#ECE94A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE94A

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE94A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE94A	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)

#FCE030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece94a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.172 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef86',
    500: '#ece94a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece94a;
$custom-light: #f6ef86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece94a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.889,
    "s": 81,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90914,
    "c": 0.17246,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE94A

secondary

#2F32AB

accent

#0CDD08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE94A

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

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