#ECCE5A#ECCE5A

#ECCE5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.138 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCE5A
RGB	rgb(236, 206, 90)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.29, -2.65, 60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.29, 60.09, 92.52°)
OKLab	oklab(85.51% -0.0115 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(85.51% 0.138 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.5115, 62.7166, 18.6944)
Luminance	0.6271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECCE5A #5A78EC

analogous

#EC855A #ECCE5A #C1EC5A

triadic

#ECCE5A #5AECCE #CE5AEC

tetradic

#ECCE5A #5AEC85 #5A78EC #EC5AC1

square

#ECCE5A #5AEC85 #5A78EC #EC5AC1

split-complementary

#ECCE5A #5AC1EC #855AEC

monochromatic

#B79515 #E6BE23 #ECCE5A #F2DE91 #F9EFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#ECCE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#ECCE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCE5A

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCE5A	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecce5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 206, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.138 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dc8d',
    500: '#ecce5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecce5a;
$custom-light: #f5dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecce5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.671,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85513,
    "c": 0.13804,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCE5A

secondary

#344FB6

accent

#35DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCE5A

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

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