#ECE565#ECE565

#ECE565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.149 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE565
RGB	rgb(236, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.31, -13.47, 61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.31, 63.34, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(90.32% -0.0413 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(90.32% 0.149 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.9624, 74.8131, 23.3278)
Luminance	0.7481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE565 #656CEC

analogous

#ECA165 #ECE565 #AFEC65

triadic

#ECE565 #65ECE5 #E565EC

tetradic

#ECE565 #65ECA1 #656CEC #EC65AF

square

#ECE565 #65ECA1 #656CEC #EC65AF

split-complementary

#ECE565 #65AFEC #A165EC

monochromatic

#BFB618 #E5DC2F #ECE565 #F3EE9B #F9F7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#ECE565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.96

#ECE565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE565

15.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE565	1.00	1.32	15.96	15.96
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE36C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.149 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ed95',
    500: '#ece565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece565;
$custom-light: #f5ed95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90315,
    "c": 0.14876,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE565

secondary

#383FBE

accent

#16DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE565

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

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