#ECE85A#ECE85A

#ECE85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.160 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE85A
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 90)
HSL	hsl(58, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.99, -15.68, 67.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.99, 69.08, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(90.83% -0.0487 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(90.83% 0.16 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.2963, 76.2863, 20.9560)
Luminance	0.7628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE85A #5A5EEC

analogous

#EC9F5A #ECE85A #A7EC5A

triadic

#ECE85A #5AECE8 #E85AEC

tetradic

#ECE85A #5AEC9F #5A5EEC #EC5AA7

square

#ECE85A #5AEC9F #5A5EEC #EC5AA7

split-complementary

#ECE85A #5AA7EC #9F5AEC

monochromatic

#B7B215 #E6E023 #ECE85A #F2F091 #F9F7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#ECE85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE85A

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE85A	1.00	1.29	16.26	16.26
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.160 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef8f',
    500: '#ece85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece85a;
$custom-light: #f5ef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.356,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90832,
    "c": 0.16049,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.76284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE85A

secondary

#3438B6

accent

#10DC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE85A

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

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