#ECE962#ECE962

#ECE962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.155 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE962
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.32, -15.65, 64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.32, 66.18, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(91.11% -0.0478 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(91.11% 0.155 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.9376, 76.9945, 22.9409)
Luminance	0.7699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE962 #6265EC

analogous

#ECA462 #ECE962 #AAEC62

triadic

#ECE962 #62ECE9 #E962EC

tetradic

#ECE962 #62ECA4 #6265EC #EC62AA

square

#ECE962 #62ECA4 #6265EC #EC62AA

split-complementary

#ECE962 #62AAEC #A462EC

monochromatic

#BDB917 #E5E12B #ECE962 #F3F199 #F9F8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.40

#ECE962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE962

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE962	1.00	1.28	16.40	16.40
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.155 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef94',
    500: '#ece962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece962;
$custom-light: #f5ef94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91114,
    "c": 0.15522,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE962

secondary

#373ABC

accent

#0FDB0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE962

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

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