#ECEA4F#ECEA4F

#ECEA4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.170 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEA4F
RGB	rgb(236, 234, 79)
HSL	hsl(59, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 66.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.43, -17.29, 72.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.43, 74.07, 103.50°)
OKLab	oklab(91.16% -0.0543 0.1613)
OKLCH	oklch(91.16% 0.17 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.4284, 77.2450, 18.8589)
Luminance	0.7724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEA4F #4F51EC

analogous

#EC9C4F #ECEA4F #9FEC4F

triadic

#ECEA4F #4FECEA #EA4FEC

tetradic

#ECEA4F #4FEC9C #4F51EC #EC4F9F

square

#ECEA4F #4FEC9C #4F51EC #EC4F9F

split-complementary

#ECEA4F #4F9FEC #9C4FEC

monochromatic

#AEAC13 #E5E219 #ECEA4F #F2F186 #F8F7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECEA4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#ECEA4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEA4F

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEA4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEA4F	1.00	1.28	16.45	16.45
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecea4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 234, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.170 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f089',
    500: '#ecea4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecea4f;
$custom-light: #f6f089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecea4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.236,
    "s": 80.513,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91159,
    "c": 0.1702,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEA4F

secondary

#3132AE

accent

#0BDD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEA4F

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

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