#ECE95D#ECE95D

#ECE95D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.159 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE95D
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 93)
HSL	hsl(59, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.28, -15.98, 66.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.28, 68.24, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(91.07% -0.0492 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(91.07% 0.159 108)
XYZ	xyz(65.7089, 76.9030, 21.7362)
Luminance	0.7690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE95D #5D60EC

analogous

#ECA15D #ECE95D #A8EC5D

triadic

#ECE95D #5DECE9 #E95DEC

tetradic

#ECE95D #5DECA1 #5D60EC #EC5DA8

square

#ECE95D #5DECA1 #5D60EC #EC5DA8

split-complementary

#ECE95D #5DA8EC #A15DEC

monochromatic

#B9B516 #E6E226 #ECE95D #F2F094 #F9F8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE95D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#ECE95D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE95D

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE95D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE95D	1.00	1.28	16.38	16.38
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece95d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.159 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef91',
    500: '#ece95d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece95d;
$custom-light: #f5ef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece95d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.741,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91067,
    "c": 0.15918,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.76901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE95D

secondary

#3538B8

accent

#0FDB0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE95D

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

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