#ECE56A#ECE56A

#ECE56A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.749; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.144 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE56A
RGB	rgb(236, 229, 106)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 55.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.35, -13.11, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.35, 61.16, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(90.37% -0.0397 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(90.37% 0.144 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.2149, 74.9141, 24.6575)
Luminance	0.7491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE56A #6A71EC

analogous

#ECA46A #ECE56A #B2EC6A

triadic

#ECE56A #6AECE5 #E56AEC

tetradic

#ECE56A #6AECA4 #6A71EC #EC6AB2

square

#ECE56A #6AECA4 #6A71EC #EC6AB2

split-complementary

#ECE56A #6AB2EC #A46AEC

monochromatic

#C3BA19 #E5DC34 #ECE56A #F3EEA0 #FAF8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.98

#ECE56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE56A

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE56A	1.00	1.31	15.98	15.98
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 229, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.144 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ed98',
    500: '#ece56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece56a;
$custom-light: #f5ed98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.769,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90368,
    "c": 0.14445,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE56A

secondary

#3941C1

accent

#17DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE56A

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

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