#ECE951#ECE951

#ECE951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.168 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE951
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 81)
HSL	hsl(59, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.19, -16.69, 71.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.19, 72.95, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(90.97% -0.0525 0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(90.97% 0.168 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.2185, 76.7068, 19.1534)
Luminance	0.7671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE951 #5154EC

analogous

#EC9C51 #ECE951 #A1EC51

triadic

#ECE951 #51ECE9 #E951EC

tetradic

#ECE951 #51EC9C #5154EC #EC51A1

square

#ECE951 #51EC9C #5154EC #EC51A1

split-complementary

#ECE951 #51A1EC #9C51EC

monochromatic

#AFAC13 #E6E21A #ECE951 #F2F088 #F8F7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.34

#ECE951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE951

16.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE951	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)

#FBE03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.168 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef8a',
    500: '#ece951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece951;
$custom-light: #f6ef8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.839,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90966,
    "c": 0.1679,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE951

secondary

#3134B0

accent

#0DDD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE951

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

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