#ECE85F#ECE85F

#ECE85F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.157 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE85F
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 95)
HSL	hsl(58, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.03, -15.36, 65.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.03, 67.04, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(90.88% -0.0473 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(90.88% 0.157 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.5163, 76.3743, 22.1148)
Luminance	0.7637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE85F #5F63EC

analogous

#ECA25F #ECE85F #A9EC5F

triadic

#ECE85F #5FECE8 #E85FEC

tetradic

#ECE85F #5FECA2 #5F63EC #EC5FA9

square

#ECE85F #5FECA2 #5F63EC #EC5FA9

split-complementary

#ECE85F #5FA9EC #A25FEC

monochromatic

#BAB616 #E6E028 #ECE85F #F2F096 #F9F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.27

#ECE85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE85F

16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE85F	1.00	1.29	16.27	16.27
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.157 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef92',
    500: '#ece85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece85f;
$custom-light: #f5ef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.298,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90877,
    "c": 0.15662,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE85F

secondary

#3639BA

accent

#10DB0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE85F

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

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