#ECED4A#ECED4A

#ECED4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.176 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECED4A
RGB	rgb(236, 237, 74)
HSL	hsl(60, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 68.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.19, -19.00, 74.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.19, 76.97, 104.29°)
OKLab	oklab(91.75% -0.0596 0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(91.75% 0.176 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.1146, 78.8975, 18.2233)
Luminance	0.7890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECED4A #4B4AED

analogous

#ED9C4A #ECED4A #9AED4A

triadic

#ECED4A #4AECED #ED4AEC

tetradic

#ECED4A #4AED9C #4B4AED #ED4A9A

square

#ECED4A #4AED9C #4B4AED #ED4A9A

split-complementary

#ECED4A #4A9AED #9C4AED

monochromatic

#ABAC11 #E2E317 #ECED4A #F2F382 #F8F8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#ECED4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#ECED4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECED4A

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECED4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECED4A	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eced4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 237, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.176 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f286',
    500: '#eced4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eced4a;
$custom-light: #f6f286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eced4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.368,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9175,
    "c": 0.17628,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECED4A

secondary

#302FAC

accent

#07DE09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECED4A

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

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