#ECE15D#ECE15D

#ECE15D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.151 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE15D
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 93)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.20, -12.04, 64.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.20, 65.22, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(89.41% -0.038 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(89.41% 0.151 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.4953, 72.4759, 20.9984)
Luminance	0.7247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE15D #5D68EC

analogous

#EC9A5D #ECE15D #AFEC5D

triadic

#ECE15D #5DECE1 #E15DEC

tetradic

#ECE15D #5DEC9A #5D68EC #EC5DAF

square

#ECE15D #5DEC9A #5D68EC #EC5DAF

split-complementary

#ECE15D #5DAFEC #9A5DEC

monochromatic

#B9AC16 #E6D726 #ECE15D #F2EB94 #F9F5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#ECE15D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#ECE15D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE15D

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE15D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE15D	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)

#F3DA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece15d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.151 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea90',
    500: '#ece15d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece15d;
$custom-light: #f5ea90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece15d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89411,
    "c": 0.15146,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE15D

secondary

#353FB8

accent

#1ADB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE15D

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

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