#ECE05A#ECE05A

#ECE05A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.153 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE05A
RGB	rgb(236, 224, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.91, -11.73, 65.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.91, 66.10, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(89.18% -0.0375 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(89.18% 0.153 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.0955, 71.8847, 20.2224)
Luminance	0.7188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE05A #5A66EC

analogous

#EC975A #ECE05A #AFEC5A

triadic

#ECE05A #5AECE0 #E05AEC

tetradic

#ECE05A #5AEC97 #5A66EC #EC5AAF

square

#ECE05A #5AEC97 #5A66EC #EC5AAF

split-complementary

#ECE05A #5AAFEC #975AEC

monochromatic

#B7A915 #E6D623 #ECE05A #F2EA91 #F9F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECE05A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#ECE05A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE05A

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE05A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE05A	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece05a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 224, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.153 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e98e',
    500: '#ece05a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece05a;
$custom-light: #f5e98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece05a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.068,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89177,
    "c": 0.15289,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE05A

secondary

#343FB6

accent

#1BDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE05A

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

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