#ECE05E#ECE05E

#ECE05E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.150 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE05E
RGB	rgb(236, 224, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.95, -11.47, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.95, 64.43, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(89.21% -0.0363 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(89.21% 0.15 104)
XYZ	xyz(63.2704, 71.9546, 21.1433)
Luminance	0.7195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE05E #5E6AEC

analogous

#EC995E #ECE05E #B1EC5E

triadic

#ECE05E #5EECE0 #E05EEC

tetradic

#ECE05E #5EEC99 #5E6AEC #EC5EB1

square

#ECE05E #5EEC99 #5E6AEC #EC5EB1

split-complementary

#ECE05E #5EB1EC #995EEC

monochromatic

#BAAC16 #E6D527 #ECE05E #F2EB95 #F9F5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#ECE05E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#ECE05E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE05E

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE05E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE05E	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)

#F2D94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece05e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 224, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.150 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e991',
    500: '#ece05e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece05e;
$custom-light: #f5e991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece05e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.93,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89214,
    "c": 0.14973,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.71952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE05E

secondary

#3540B9

accent

#1CDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE05E

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

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