#ECE65D#ECE65D

#ECE65D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.156 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE65D
RGB	rgb(236, 230, 93)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.50, -14.51, 65.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.50, 67.09, 102.49°)
OKLab	oklab(90.44% -0.0451 0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(90.44% 0.156 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.8668, 75.2189, 21.4556)
Luminance	0.7522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE65D #5D63EC

analogous

#EC9F5D #ECE65D #AAEC5D

triadic

#ECE65D #5DECE6 #E65DEC

tetradic

#ECE65D #5DEC9F #5D63EC #EC5DAA

square

#ECE65D #5DEC9F #5D63EC #EC5DAA

split-complementary

#ECE65D #5DAAEC #9F5DEC

monochromatic

#B9B216 #E6DE26 #ECE65D #F2EE94 #F9F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#ECE65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE65D

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE65D	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)

#F8DE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 230, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.156 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ed90',
    500: '#ece65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece65d;
$custom-light: #f5ed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.483,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90444,
    "c": 0.15623,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE65D

secondary

#353BB8

accent

#13DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE65D

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

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