#ECE94B#ECE94B

#ECE94B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.172 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE94B
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 75)
HSL	hsl(59, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 68.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.15, -17.01, 73.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.15, 75.15, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(90.92% -0.0539 0.1631)
OKLCH	oklch(90.92% 0.172 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(65.0033, 76.6207, 18.0204)
Luminance	0.7662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE94B #4B4EEC

analogous

#EC984B #ECE94B #9EEC4B

triadic

#ECE94B #4BECE9 #E94BEC

tetradic

#ECE94B #4BEC98 #4B4EEC #EC4B9E

square

#ECE94B #4BEC98 #4B4EEC #EC4B9E

split-complementary

#ECE94B #4B9EEC #984BEC

monochromatic

#ABA812 #E2DE18 #ECE94B #F2F082 #F8F7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.32

#ECE94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE94B

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE94B	1.00	1.29	16.32	16.32
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.172 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef86',
    500: '#ece94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece94b;
$custom-light: #f6ef86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.882,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90921,
    "c": 0.17183,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE94B

secondary

#3032AC

accent

#0CDD08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE94B

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

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