#ECE86F#ECE86F

#ECE86F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.143 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE86F
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 111)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(58, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 53%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.18, -14.20, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.18, 60.14, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(91.04% -0.0423 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(91.04% 0.143 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.3197, 76.6956, 26.3461)
Luminance	0.7669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE86F #6F73EC

analogous

#ECA96F #ECE86F #B1EC6F

triadic

#ECE86F #6FECE8 #E86FEC

tetradic

#ECE86F #6FECA9 #6F73EC #EC6FB1

square

#ECE86F #6FECA9 #6F73EC #EC6FB1

split-complementary

#ECE86F #6FB1EC #A96FEC

monochromatic

#C6C11A #E5DF39 #ECE86F #F3F1A5 #FAF9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE86F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.34

#ECE86F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE86F

16.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE86F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE86F	1.00	1.29	16.34	16.34
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E063

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece86f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.143 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ef9c',
    500: '#ece86f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece86f;
$custom-light: #f4ef9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece86f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.08,
    "s": 76.687,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91044,
    "c": 0.14303,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE86F

secondary

#3B40C4

accent

#13D90D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE86F

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

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