#ECE56B#ECE56B

#ECE56B 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 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE56B
RGB	rgb(236, 229, 107)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 54.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.36, -13.03, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.36, 60.72, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(90.38% -0.0394 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(90.38% 0.144 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.2672, 74.9350, 24.9329)
Luminance	0.7493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE56B #6B72EC

analogous

#ECA46B #ECE56B #B3EC6B

triadic

#ECE56B #6BECE5 #E56BEC

tetradic

#ECE56B #6BECA4 #6B72EC #EC6BB3

square

#ECE56B #6BECA4 #6B72EC #EC6BB3

split-complementary

#ECE56B #6BB3EC #A46BEC

monochromatic

#C4BA19 #E5DB35 #ECE56B #F3EFA1 #FAF8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE56B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#ECE56B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE56B

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE56B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE56B	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece56b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 229, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.144 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ed99',
    500: '#ece56b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece56b;
$custom-light: #f5ed99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece56b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 77.246,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90379,
    "c": 0.14356,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE56B

secondary

#3A41C2

accent

#17D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE56B

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

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