#ECCE5E#ECCE5E

#ECCE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.135 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCE5E
RGB	rgb(236, 206, 94)
HSL	hsl(47, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.33, -2.38, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.33, 58.35, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.55% -0.0103 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(85.55% 0.135 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.6863, 62.7865, 19.6153)
Luminance	0.6278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECCE5E #5E7CEC

analogous

#EC875E #ECCE5E #C3EC5E

triadic

#ECCE5E #5EECCE #CE5EEC

tetradic

#ECCE5E #5EEC87 #5E7CEC #EC5EC3

square

#ECCE5E #5EEC87 #5E7CEC #EC5EC3

split-complementary

#ECCE5E #5EC3EC #875EEC

monochromatic

#BA9716 #E6BD27 #ECCE5E #F2DF95 #F9EFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#ECCE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#ECCE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCE5E

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCE5E	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecce5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 206, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.135 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dc8f',
    500: '#ecce5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecce5e;
$custom-light: #f5dc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecce5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.324,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85554,
    "c": 0.13478,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCE5E

secondary

#3551B9

accent

#36DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCE5E

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

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