#ECE94E#ECE94E

#ECE94E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.170 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE94E
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 66.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.17, -16.85, 72.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.17, 74.07, 103.15°)
OKLab	oklab(90.94% -0.0532 0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(90.94% 0.17 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.1084, 76.6628, 18.5740)
Luminance	0.7666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE94E #4E51EC

analogous

#EC9A4E #ECE94E #A0EC4E

triadic

#ECE94E #4EECE9 #E94EEC

tetradic

#ECE94E #4EEC9A #4E51EC #EC4EA0

square

#ECE94E #4EEC9A #4E51EC #EC4EA0

split-complementary

#ECE94E #4EA0EC #9A4EEC

monochromatic

#ADAA13 #E4E019 #ECE94E #F2F085 #F8F7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#ECE94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE94E

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE94E	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)

#FCE037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.170 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef88',
    500: '#ece94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece94e;
$custom-light: #f6ef88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.861,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90943,
    "c": 0.1699,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE94E

secondary

#3033AE

accent

#0DDD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE94E

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

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