#ECE25B#ECE25B

#ECE25B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.154 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE25B
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.44, -12.66, 65.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.44, 66.42, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(89.6% -0.04 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(89.6% 0.154 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.6790, 72.9831, 20.6283)
Luminance	0.7298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE25B #5B65EC

analogous

#EC9A5B #ECE25B #AEEC5B

triadic

#ECE25B #5BECE2 #E25BEC

tetradic

#ECE25B #5BEC9A #5B65EC #EC5BAE

square

#ECE25B #5BEC9A #5B65EC #EC5BAE

split-complementary

#ECE25B #5BAEEC #9A5BEC

monochromatic

#B7AC15 #E6D824 #ECE25B #F2EC92 #F9F5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE25B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#ECE25B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE25B

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE25B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE25B	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece25b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.154 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea8f',
    500: '#ece25b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece25b;
$custom-light: #f5ea8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece25b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89598,
    "c": 0.15396,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE25B

secondary

#343DB7

accent

#18DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE25B

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

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