#ECE265#ECE265

#ECE265 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.146 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE265
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 101)
HSL	hsl(56, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.53, -11.99, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.53, 62.18, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(89.7% -0.037 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(89.7% 0.146 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.1395, 73.1673, 23.0535)
Luminance	0.7317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE265 #656FEC

analogous

#EC9E65 #ECE265 #B2EC65

triadic

#ECE265 #65ECE2 #E265EC

tetradic

#ECE265 #65EC9E #656FEC #EC65B2

square

#ECE265 #65EC9E #656FEC #EC65B2

split-complementary

#ECE265 #65B2EC #9E65EC

monochromatic

#BFB318 #E5D82F #ECE265 #F3EC9B #F9F7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.63

#ECE265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE265

15.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE265	1.00	1.34	15.63	15.63
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E16C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.146 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea95',
    500: '#ece265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece265;
$custom-light: #f5ea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89696,
    "c": 0.14584,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE265

secondary

#3842BE

accent

#1BDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE265

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

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