#ECE965#ECE965

#ECE965 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.153 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE965
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 101)
HSL	hsl(59, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.35, -15.44, 63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.35, 64.91, 103.76°)
OKLab	oklab(91.14% -0.0469 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(91.14% 0.153 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.0819, 77.0522, 23.7010)
Luminance	0.7705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE965 #6568EC

analogous

#ECA565 #ECE965 #ABEC65

triadic

#ECE965 #65ECE9 #E965EC

tetradic

#ECE965 #65ECA5 #6568EC #EC65AB

square

#ECE965 #65ECA5 #6568EC #EC65AB

split-complementary

#ECE965 #65ABEC #A565EC

monochromatic

#BFBB18 #E5E12F #ECE965 #F3F19B #F9F9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.41

#ECE965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE965

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE965	1.00	1.28	16.41	16.41
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE66C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.153 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef95',
    500: '#ece965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece965;
$custom-light: #f5ef95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91144,
    "c": 0.15276,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE965

secondary

#383BBE

accent

#10DA0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE965

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

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