#ECE56E#ECE56E

#ECE56E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.141 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE56E
RGB	rgb(236, 229, 110)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 53.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.39, -12.80, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.39, 59.38, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(90.41% -0.0384 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(90.41% 0.141 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.4277, 74.9993, 25.7786)
Luminance	0.7500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE56E #6E75EC

analogous

#ECA66E #ECE56E #B4EC6E

triadic

#ECE56E #6EECE5 #E56EEC

tetradic

#ECE56E #6EECA6 #6E75EC #EC6EB4

square

#ECE56E #6EECA6 #6E75EC #EC6EB4

split-complementary

#ECE56E #6EB4EC #A66EEC

monochromatic

#C6BC1A #E5DB38 #ECE56E #F3EFA4 #FAF8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE56E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.00

#ECE56E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE56E

16.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE56E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE56E	1.00	1.31	16.00	16.00
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DE62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece56e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 229, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.141 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ed9b',
    500: '#ece56e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece56e;
$custom-light: #f5ed9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece56e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90413,
    "c": 0.14088,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE56E

secondary

#3B42C3

accent

#18D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE56E

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

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