#ECEA49#ECEA49

#ECEA49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.174 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEA49
RGB	rgb(236, 234, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.40, -17.59, 74.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.40, 76.22, 103.34°)
OKLab	oklab(91.12% -0.0558 0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(91.12% 0.174 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.2198, 77.1616, 17.7602)
Luminance	0.7716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEA49 #494BEC

analogous

#EC9849 #ECEA49 #9CEC49

triadic

#ECEA49 #49ECEA #EA49EC

tetradic

#ECEA49 #49EC98 #494BEC #EC499C

square

#ECEA49 #49EC98 #494BEC #EC499C

split-complementary

#ECEA49 #499CEC #9849EC

monochromatic

#A9A712 #E0DE17 #ECEA49 #F2F080 #F8F7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECEA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#ECEA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEA49

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEA49	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecea49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 234, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.174 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f085',
    500: '#ecea49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecea49;
$custom-light: #f6f085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecea49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.264,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91116,
    "c": 0.17401,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEA49

secondary

#2F30AA

accent

#0BDD08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEA49

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

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