#ECE05F#ECE05F

#ECE05F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.149 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE05F
RGB	rgb(236, 224, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.96, -11.41, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.96, 64.01, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(89.22% -0.036 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(89.22% 0.149 104)
XYZ	xyz(63.3155, 71.9727, 21.3812)
Luminance	0.7197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE05F #5F6BEC

analogous

#EC9A5F #ECE05F #B1EC5F

triadic

#ECE05F #5FECE0 #E05FEC

tetradic

#ECE05F #5FEC9A #5F6BEC #EC5FB1

square

#ECE05F #5FEC9A #5F6BEC #EC5FB1

split-complementary

#ECE05F #5FB1EC #9A5FEC

monochromatic

#BAAC16 #E6D528 #ECE05F #F2EB96 #F9F5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#ECE05F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#ECE05F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE05F

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE05F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE05F	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)

#F2D951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece05f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 224, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.149 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e991',
    500: '#ece05f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece05f;
$custom-light: #f5e991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece05f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89224,
    "c": 0.14894,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.7197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE05F

secondary

#3641BA

accent

#1CDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE05F

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

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