#ECE053#ECE053

#ECE053 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.158 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE053
RGB	rgb(236, 224, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.86, -12.15, 67.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.86, 68.92, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(89.12% -0.0394 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(89.12% 0.158 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.8115, 71.7710, 18.7265)
Luminance	0.7177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE053 #535FEC

analogous

#EC9353 #ECE053 #ACEC53

triadic

#ECE053 #53ECE0 #E053EC

tetradic

#ECE053 #53EC93 #535FEC #EC53AC

square

#ECE053 #53EC93 #535FEC #EC53AC

split-complementary

#ECE053 #53ACEC #9353EC

monochromatic

#B1A514 #E6D61C #ECE053 #F2EA8A #F8F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECE053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#ECE053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE053

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE053	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 224, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.158 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e98a',
    500: '#ece053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece053;
$custom-light: #f6e98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.294,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89116,
    "c": 0.1581,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE053

secondary

#323CB1

accent

#1ADC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE053

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

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