#ECE94D#ECE94D

#ECE94D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.171 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE94D
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 77)
HSL	hsl(59, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.16, -16.90, 72.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.16, 74.43, 103.13°)
OKLab	oklab(90.94% -0.0535 0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(90.94% 0.171 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.0729, 76.6486, 18.3866)
Luminance	0.7665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE94D #4D50EC

analogous

#EC9A4D #ECE94D #A0EC4D

triadic

#ECE94D #4DECE9 #E94DEC

tetradic

#ECE94D #4DEC9A #4D50EC #EC4DA0

square

#ECE94D #4DEC9A #4D50EC #EC4DA0

split-complementary

#ECE94D #4DA0EC #9A4DEC

monochromatic

#ACA912 #E4E018 #ECE94D #F2F084 #F8F7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#ECE94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE94D

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE94D	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE558

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.171 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef87',
    500: '#ece94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece94d;
$custom-light: #f6ef87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90936,
    "c": 0.17055,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE94D

secondary

#3032AD

accent

#0CDD08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE94D

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

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