#ECE05C#ECE05C

#ECE05C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.151 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE05C
RGB	rgb(236, 224, 92)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 61%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.93, -11.60, 64.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.93, 65.27, 100.24°)
OKLab	oklab(89.2% -0.0369 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(89.2% 0.151 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.1818, 71.9192, 20.6768)
Luminance	0.7192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE05C #5C68EC

analogous

#EC985C #ECE05C #B0EC5C

triadic

#ECE05C #5CECE0 #E05CEC

tetradic

#ECE05C #5CEC98 #5C68EC #EC5CB0

square

#ECE05C #5CEC98 #5C68EC #EC5CB0

split-complementary

#ECE05C #5CB0EC #985CEC

monochromatic

#B8AB15 #E6D625 #ECE05C #F2EA93 #F9F5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECE05C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#ECE05C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE05C

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE05C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE05C	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)

#F2D94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece05c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 224, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.151 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e98f',
    500: '#ece05c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece05c;
$custom-light: #f5e98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece05c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89195,
    "c": 0.15132,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE05C

secondary

#3540B8

accent

#1CDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE05C

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

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