#ECE957#ECE957

#ECE957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.164 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE957
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.23, -16.35, 68.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.23, 70.65, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(91.01% -0.0509 0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(91.01% 0.164 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.4535, 76.8008, 20.3912)
Luminance	0.7680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE957 #575AEC

analogous

#EC9E57 #ECE957 #A4EC57

triadic

#ECE957 #57ECE9 #E957EC

tetradic

#ECE957 #57EC9E #575AEC #EC57A4

square

#ECE957 #57EC9E #575AEC #EC57A4

split-complementary

#ECE957 #57A4EC #9E57EC

monochromatic

#B4B114 #E6E220 #ECE957 #F2F08E #F8F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#ECE957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE957

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE957	1.00	1.28	16.36	16.36
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.164 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef8d',
    500: '#ece957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece957;
$custom-light: #f5ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.792,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91014,
    "c": 0.16368,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE957

secondary

#3336B4

accent

#0EDC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE957

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

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