#ECE260#ECE260

#ECE260 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.150 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE260
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 96)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 59.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.48, -12.33, 63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.48, 64.33, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(89.65% -0.0386 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(89.65% 0.15 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.9019, 73.0723, 21.8023)
Luminance	0.7307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE260 #606AEC

analogous

#EC9C60 #ECE260 #B0EC60

triadic

#ECE260 #60ECE2 #E260EC

tetradic

#ECE260 #60EC9C #606AEC #EC60B0

square

#ECE260 #60EC9C #606AEC #EC60B0

split-complementary

#ECE260 #60B0EC #9C60EC

monochromatic

#BBAF16 #E5D829 #ECE260 #F3EC97 #F9F6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#ECE260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE260

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE260	1.00	1.34	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.34	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)

#F4DB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.150 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea92',
    500: '#ece260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece260;
$custom-light: #f5ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89646,
    "c": 0.14999,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE260

secondary

#363FBA

accent

#19DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE260

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

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