#ECE15F#ECE15F

#ECE15F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.150 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE15F
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.21, -11.90, 63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.21, 64.38, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(89.43% -0.0374 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(89.43% 0.15 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.5851, 72.5117, 21.4710)
Luminance	0.7251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE15F #5F6AEC

analogous

#EC9A5F #ECE15F #B1EC5F

triadic

#ECE15F #5FECE1 #E15FEC

tetradic

#ECE15F #5FEC9A #5F6AEC #EC5FB1

square

#ECE15F #5FEC9A #5F6AEC #EC5FB1

split-complementary

#ECE15F #5FB1EC #9A5FEC

monochromatic

#BAAE16 #E6D728 #ECE15F #F2EB96 #F9F6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE15F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#ECE15F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE15F

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE15F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE15F	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)

#F3DA50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece15f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.150 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea91',
    500: '#ece15f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece15f;
$custom-light: #f5ea91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece15f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.319,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8943,
    "c": 0.14986,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE15F

secondary

#3640BA

accent

#1BDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE15F

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

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