#ECEA50#ECEA50

#ECEA50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.170 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEA50
RGB	rgb(236, 234, 80)
HSL	hsl(59, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 66.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.44, -17.23, 71.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.44, 73.70, 103.52°)
OKLab	oklab(91.17% -0.0541 0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(91.17% 0.17 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.4651, 77.2597, 19.0520)
Luminance	0.7726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEA50 #5052EC

analogous

#EC9C50 #ECEA50 #A0EC50

triadic

#ECEA50 #50ECEA #EA50EC

tetradic

#ECEA50 #50EC9C #5052EC #EC50A0

square

#ECEA50 #50EC9C #5052EC #EC50A0

split-complementary

#ECEA50 #50A0EC #9C50EC

monochromatic

#AFAD13 #E6E319 #ECEA50 #F2F187 #F8F7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECEA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#ECEA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEA50

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEA50	1.00	1.28	16.45	16.45
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecea50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 234, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.170 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f089',
    500: '#ecea50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecea50;
$custom-light: #f6f089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecea50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.231,
    "s": 80.412,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91166,
    "c": 0.16953,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEA50

secondary

#3133AF

accent

#0BDD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEA50

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

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