#ECCE65#ECCE65

#ECCE65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.129 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCE65
RGB	rgb(236, 206, 101)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.40, -1.89, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.40, 55.23, 91.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.63% -0.008 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(85.63% 0.129 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.0148, 62.9179, 21.3453)
Luminance	0.6291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECCE65 #6583EC

analogous

#EC8A65 #ECCE65 #C6EC65

triadic

#ECCE65 #65ECCE #CE65EC

tetradic

#ECCE65 #65EC8A #6583EC #EC65C6

square

#ECCE65 #65EC8A #6583EC #EC65C6

split-complementary

#ECCE65 #65C6EC #8A65EC

monochromatic

#BF9A18 #E5BD2F #ECCE65 #F3DF9B #F9F1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#ECCE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#ECCE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCE65

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCE65	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CB5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecce65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 206, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.129 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dc94',
    500: '#ecce65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecce65;
$custom-light: #f5dc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecce65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85631,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCE65

secondary

#3855BE

accent

#39DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCE65

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

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