#ECE985#ECE985

#ECE985 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.123 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE985
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 133)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(58, 44%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 43.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.69, -12.76, 48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.69, 50.41, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(91.53% -0.036 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(91.53% 0.123 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.9659, 77.8058, 33.6235)
Luminance	0.7780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE985 #8588EC

analogous

#ECB585 #ECE985 #BCEC85

triadic

#ECE985 #85ECE9 #E985EC

tetradic

#ECE985 #85ECB5 #8588EC #EC85BC

square

#ECE985 #85ECB5 #8588EC #EC85BC

split-complementary

#ECE985 #85BCEC #B585EC

monochromatic

#D5D021 #E4DF50 #ECE985 #F4F3BA #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECE985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#ECE985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE985

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE985	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E27D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE68A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.123 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efaa',
    500: '#ece985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece985;
$custom-light: #f4efaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.252,
    "s": 73.05,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9153,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE985

secondary

#4F53C6

accent

#16D510

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF7

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE985

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

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