#ECBE2B#ECBE2B

#ECBE2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.157 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECBE2B
RGB	rgb(236, 190, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 84%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 82%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 81.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, 3.43, 73.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 73.38, 87.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% 0.0009 0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.157 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.4449, 54.8378, 10.0548)
Luminance	0.5483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECBE2B #2B59EC

analogous

#EC5D2B #ECBE2B #BAEC2B

triadic

#ECBE2B #2BECBE #BE2BEC

tetradic

#ECBE2B #2BEC5D #2B59EC #EC2BBA

square

#ECBE2B #2BEC5D #2B59EC #EC2BBA

split-complementary

#ECBE2B #2BBAEC #5D2BEC

monochromatic

#90710D #C89D12 #ECBE2B #F1CF63 #F6E09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#ECBE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#ECBE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECBE2B

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECBE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECBE2B	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecbe2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 190, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.157 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d172',
    500: '#ecbe2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecbe2b;
$custom-light: #f7d172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecbe2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.699,
    "s": 83.55,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81984,
    "c": 0.15736,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECBE2B

secondary

#274194

accent

#5FFA2E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#181409

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECBE2B

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

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