#ECE85C#ECE85C

#ECE85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.159 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE85C
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 92)
HSL	hsl(58, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 61%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.01, -15.55, 66.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.01, 68.27, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(90.85% -0.0481 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(90.85% 0.159 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.3826, 76.3208, 21.4104)
Luminance	0.7632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE85C #5C60EC

analogous

#ECA05C #ECE85C #A8EC5C

triadic

#ECE85C #5CECE8 #E85CEC

tetradic

#ECE85C #5CECA0 #5C60EC #EC5CA8

square

#ECE85C #5CECA0 #5C60EC #EC5CA8

split-complementary

#ECE85C #5CA8EC #A05CEC

monochromatic

#B8B415 #E6E025 #ECE85C #F2F093 #F9F7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.26

#ECE85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE85C

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE85C	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)

#FADF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.159 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef90',
    500: '#ece85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece85c;
$custom-light: #f5ef90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9085,
    "c": 0.15896,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE85C

secondary

#3538B8

accent

#10DB0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE85C

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

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