#ECE851#ECE851

#ECE851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.167 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE851
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 81)
HSL	hsl(58, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.93, -16.20, 70.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.93, 72.58, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(90.76% -0.0511 0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(90.76% 0.167 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.9362, 76.1422, 19.0593)
Luminance	0.7614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE851 #5155EC

analogous

#EC9B51 #ECE851 #A2EC51

triadic

#ECE851 #51ECE8 #E851EC

tetradic

#ECE851 #51EC9B #5155EC #EC51A2

square

#ECE851 #51EC9B #5155EC #EC51A2

split-complementary

#ECE851 #51A2EC #9B51EC

monochromatic

#AFAB13 #E6E11A #ECE851 #F2EF88 #F8F7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.23

#ECE851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE851

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE851	1.00	1.29	16.23	16.23
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.167 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef8a',
    500: '#ece851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece851;
$custom-light: #f6ef8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.452,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90757,
    "c": 0.16694,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE851

secondary

#3135B0

accent

#0EDD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE851

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

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