#ECE65E#ECE65E

#ECE65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.155 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE65E
RGB	rgb(236, 230, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.50, -14.44, 65.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.50, 66.68, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(90.45% -0.0448 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(90.45% 0.155 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.9114, 75.2367, 21.6903)
Luminance	0.7523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE65E #5E64EC

analogous

#EC9F5E #ECE65E #ABEC5E

triadic

#ECE65E #5EECE6 #E65EEC

tetradic

#ECE65E #5EEC9F #5E64EC #EC5EAB

square

#ECE65E #5EEC9F #5E64EC #EC5EAB

split-complementary

#ECE65E #5EABEC #9F5EEC

monochromatic

#BAB316 #E6DE27 #ECE65E #F2EF95 #F9F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.05

#ECE65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE65E

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE65E	1.00	1.31	16.05	16.05
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 230, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.155 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ed91',
    500: '#ece65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece65e;
$custom-light: #f5ed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.465,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90453,
    "c": 0.15545,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.75235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE65E

secondary

#353BB9

accent

#13DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE65E

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

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