#ECEA53#ECEA53

#ECEA53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.168 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEA53
RGB	rgb(236, 234, 83)
HSL	hsl(59, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.46, -17.07, 70.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.46, 72.57, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(91.19% -0.0533 0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(91.19% 0.168 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.5784, 77.3050, 19.6488)
Luminance	0.7730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEA53 #5355EC

analogous

#EC9E53 #ECEA53 #A1EC53

triadic

#ECEA53 #53ECEA #EA53EC

tetradic

#ECEA53 #53EC9E #5355EC #EC53A1

square

#ECEA53 #53EC9E #5355EC #EC53A1

split-complementary

#ECEA53 #53A1EC #9E53EC

monochromatic

#B1AF14 #E6E31C #ECEA53 #F2F18A #F8F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECEA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#ECEA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEA53

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEA53	1.00	1.28	16.46	16.46
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecea53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 234, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.168 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f08b',
    500: '#ecea53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecea53;
$custom-light: #f6f08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecea53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.216,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9119,
    "c": 0.1675,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEA53

secondary

#3234B1

accent

#0CDC09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEA53

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

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