#ECE65C#ECE65C

#ECE65C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.157 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE65C
RGB	rgb(236, 230, 92)
HSL	hsl(58, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 61%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.49, -14.57, 65.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.49, 67.50, 102.47°)
OKLab	oklab(90.44% -0.0453 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(90.44% 0.157 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.8228, 75.2013, 21.2238)
Luminance	0.7520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE65C #5C62EC

analogous

#EC9E5C #ECE65C #AAEC5C

triadic

#ECE65C #5CECE6 #E65CEC

tetradic

#ECE65C #5CEC9E #5C62EC #EC5CAA

square

#ECE65C #5CEC9E #5C62EC #EC5CAA

split-complementary

#ECE65C #5CAAEC #9E5CEC

monochromatic

#B8B115 #E6DE25 #ECE65C #F2EE93 #F9F7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#ECE65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE65C

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE65C	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 230, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.157 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ed90',
    500: '#ece65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece65c;
$custom-light: #f5ed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90435,
    "c": 0.15701,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE65C

secondary

#353AB8

accent

#13DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE65C

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

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