#ECE66E#ECE66E

#ECE66E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.756; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.142 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE66E
RGB	rgb(236, 230, 110)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 53.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.65, -13.29, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.65, 59.78, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(90.62% -0.0398 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(90.62% 0.142 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.7052, 75.5542, 25.8711)
Luminance	0.7555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE66E #6E74EC

analogous

#ECA76E #ECE66E #B3EC6E

triadic

#ECE66E #6EECE6 #E66EEC

tetradic

#ECE66E #6EECA7 #6E74EC #EC6EB3

square

#ECE66E #6EECA7 #6E74EC #EC6EB3

split-complementary

#ECE66E #6EB3EC #A76EEC

monochromatic

#C6BE1A #E5DD38 #ECE66E #F3EFA4 #FAF9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#ECE66E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.11

#ECE66E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE66E

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE66E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE66E	1.00	1.30	16.11	16.11
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DE62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE474

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece66e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 230, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.142 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ed9b',
    500: '#ece66e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece66e;
$custom-light: #f5ed9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece66e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90619,
    "c": 0.14189,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE66E

secondary

#3B41C3

accent

#16D90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE66E

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

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