#ECE15E#ECE15E

#ECE15E 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 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE15E
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.21, -11.97, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.21, 64.80, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(89.42% -0.0377 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(89.42% 0.151 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.5399, 72.4937, 21.2332)
Luminance	0.7249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE15E #5E69EC

analogous

#EC9A5E #ECE15E #B0EC5E

triadic

#ECE15E #5EECE1 #E15EEC

tetradic

#ECE15E #5EEC9A #5E69EC #EC5EB0

square

#ECE15E #5EEC9A #5E69EC #EC5EB0

split-complementary

#ECE15E #5EB0EC #9A5EEC

monochromatic

#BAAD16 #E6D727 #ECE15E #F2EB95 #F9F5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#ECE15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE15E

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE15E	1.00	1.35	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.151 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea91',
    500: '#ece15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece15e;
$custom-light: #f5ea91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.352,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8942,
    "c": 0.15067,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE15E

secondary

#3540B9

accent

#1BDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE15E

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

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