#ECE05D#ECE05D

#ECE05D 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 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE05D
RGB	rgb(236, 224, 93)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.94, -11.54, 63.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.94, 64.85, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(89.21% -0.0366 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(89.21% 0.151 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.2258, 71.9368, 20.9085)
Luminance	0.7193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE05D #5D69EC

analogous

#EC995D #ECE05D #B1EC5D

triadic

#ECE05D #5DECE0 #E05DEC

tetradic

#ECE05D #5DEC99 #5D69EC #EC5DB1

square

#ECE05D #5DEC99 #5D69EC #EC5DB1

split-complementary

#ECE05D #5DB1EC #995DEC

monochromatic

#B9AB16 #E6D626 #ECE05D #F2EA94 #F9F5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#ECE05D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#ECE05D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE05D

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE05D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE05D	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece05d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 224, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.151 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e990',
    500: '#ece05d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece05d;
$custom-light: #f5e990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece05d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.965,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89205,
    "c": 0.15053,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE05D

secondary

#3540B8

accent

#1CDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE05D

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

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