#ECEA4C#ECEA4C

#ECEA4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.172 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEA4C
RGB	rgb(236, 234, 76)
HSL	hsl(59, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 67.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.41, -17.44, 73.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.41, 75.16, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(91.14% -0.0551 0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(91.14% 0.172 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.3217, 77.2023, 18.2967)
Luminance	0.7720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEA4C #4C4EEC

analogous

#EC9A4C #ECEA4C #9EEC4C

triadic

#ECEA4C #4CECEA #EA4CEC

tetradic

#ECEA4C #4CEC9A #4C4EEC #EC4C9E

square

#ECEA4C #4CEC9A #4C4EEC #EC4C9E

split-complementary

#ECEA4C #4C9EEC #9A4CEC

monochromatic

#ABA912 #E3E018 #ECEA4C #F2F083 #F8F7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECEA4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#ECEA4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEA4C

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEA4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEA4C	1.00	1.28	16.44	16.44
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecea4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 234, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.172 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f087',
    500: '#ecea4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecea4c;
$custom-light: #f6f087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecea4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.25,
    "s": 80.808,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91137,
    "c": 0.17215,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEA4C

secondary

#3031AC

accent

#0BDD08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEA4C

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

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