#ECE25E#ECE25E

#ECE25E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.152 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE25E
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.46, -12.47, 63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.46, 65.17, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(89.63% -0.0392 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(89.63% 0.152 105)
XYZ	xyz(63.8110, 73.0359, 21.3236)
Luminance	0.7303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE25E #5E68EC

analogous

#EC9B5E #ECE25E #AFEC5E

triadic

#ECE25E #5EECE2 #E25EEC

tetradic

#ECE25E #5EEC9B #5E68EC #EC5EAF

square

#ECE25E #5EEC9B #5E68EC #EC5EAF

split-complementary

#ECE25E #5EAFEC #9B5EEC

monochromatic

#BAAE16 #E6D827 #ECE25E #F2EC95 #F9F6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE25E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#ECE25E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE25E

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE25E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE25E	1.00	1.35	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece25e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.152 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea91',
    500: '#ece25e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece25e;
$custom-light: #f5ea91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece25e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.775,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89626,
    "c": 0.1516,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.73034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE25E

secondary

#353FB9

accent

#19DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE25E

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

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