#ECE55D#ECE55D

#ECE55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.155 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE55D
RGB	rgb(236, 229, 93)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.24, -14.01, 65.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.24, 66.71, 102.13°)
OKLab	oklab(90.24% -0.0437 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(90.24% 0.155 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.5893, 74.6639, 21.3631)
Luminance	0.7466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE55D #5D64EC

analogous

#EC9E5D #ECE55D #ACEC5D

triadic

#ECE55D #5DECE5 #E55DEC

tetradic

#ECE55D #5DEC9E #5D64EC #EC5DAC

square

#ECE55D #5DEC9E #5D64EC #EC5DAC

split-complementary

#ECE55D #5DACEC #9E5DEC

monochromatic

#B9B116 #E6DC26 #ECE55D #F2EE94 #F9F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#ECE55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.93

#ECE55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE55D

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE55D	1.00	1.32	15.93	15.93
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 229, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.155 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ed90',
    500: '#ece55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece55d;
$custom-light: #f5ed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.063,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90237,
    "c": 0.15527,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE55D

secondary

#353BB8

accent

#14DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE55D

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

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