#ECE15C#ECE15C

#ECE15C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.152 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE15C
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 92)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 61%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.19, -12.10, 64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.19, 65.64, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(89.4% -0.0383 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(89.4% 0.152 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.4513, 72.4582, 20.7666)
Luminance	0.7246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE15C #5C67EC

analogous

#EC995C #ECE15C #AFEC5C

triadic

#ECE15C #5CECE1 #E15CEC

tetradic

#ECE15C #5CEC99 #5C67EC #EC5CAF

square

#ECE15C #5CEC99 #5C67EC #EC5CAF

split-complementary

#ECE15C #5CAFEC #995CEC

monochromatic

#B8AC15 #E6D725 #ECE15C #F2EB93 #F9F5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#ECE15C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#ECE15C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE15C

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE15C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE15C	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece15c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.152 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea8f',
    500: '#ece15c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece15c;
$custom-light: #f5ea8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece15c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.417,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89401,
    "c": 0.15226,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE15C

secondary

#353FB8

accent

#1ADB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE15C

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

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