#ECE95E#ECE95E

#ECE95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.158 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE95E
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.29, -15.91, 65.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.29, 67.84, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(91.08% -0.0489 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(91.08% 0.158 108)
XYZ	xyz(65.7534, 76.9208, 21.9710)
Luminance	0.7692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE95E #5E61EC

analogous

#ECA25E #ECE95E #A8EC5E

triadic

#ECE95E #5EECE9 #E95EEC

tetradic

#ECE95E #5EECA2 #5E61EC #EC5EA8

square

#ECE95E #5EECA2 #5E61EC #EC5EA8

split-complementary

#ECE95E #5EA8EC #A25EEC

monochromatic

#BAB616 #E6E227 #ECE95E #F2F095 #F9F8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#ECE95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE95E

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE95E	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)

#FBE04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.158 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef91',
    500: '#ece95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece95e;
$custom-light: #f5ef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.732,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91076,
    "c": 0.1584,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.76919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE95E

secondary

#3538B9

accent

#0FDB0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE95E

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

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