#ECE657#ECE657

#ECE657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.161 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE657
RGB	rgb(236, 230, 87)
HSL	hsl(58, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.45, -14.88, 67.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.45, 69.52, 102.36°)
OKLab	oklab(90.39% -0.0467 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(90.39% 0.161 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.6114, 75.1167, 20.1105)
Luminance	0.7511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE657 #575DEC

analogous

#EC9B57 #ECE657 #A7EC57

triadic

#ECE657 #57ECE6 #E657EC

tetradic

#ECE657 #57EC9B #575DEC #EC57A7

square

#ECE657 #57EC9B #575DEC #EC57A7

split-complementary

#ECE657 #57A7EC #9B57EC

monochromatic

#B4AE14 #E6DE20 #ECE657 #F2EE8E #F8F6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.02

#ECE657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE657

16.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE657	1.00	1.31	16.02	16.02
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 230, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.161 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ed8d',
    500: '#ece657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece657;
$custom-light: #f5ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.584,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90391,
    "c": 0.16078,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE657

secondary

#3338B4

accent

#12DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE657

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

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