#ECE86D#ECE86D

#ECE86D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.145 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE86D
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 109)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.16, -14.36, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.16, 61.03, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(91.02% -0.0429 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(91.02% 0.145 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.2108, 76.6521, 25.7726)
Luminance	0.7665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE86D #6D71EC

analogous

#ECA86D #ECE86D #B1EC6D

triadic

#ECE86D #6DECE8 #E86DEC

tetradic

#ECE86D #6DECA8 #6D71EC #EC6DB1

square

#ECE86D #6DECA8 #6D71EC #EC6DB1

split-complementary

#ECE86D #6DB1EC #A86DEC

monochromatic

#C5C01A #E5DF37 #ECE86D #F3F1A3 #FAF9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE86D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#ECE86D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE86D

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE86D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE86D	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E061

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.145 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef9a',
    500: '#ece86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece86d;
$custom-light: #f5ef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.11,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91021,
    "c": 0.14483,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE86D

secondary

#3A3FC3

accent

#13D90C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE86D

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

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