#ECEA5A#ECEA5A

#ECEA5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.162 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEA5A
RGB	rgb(236, 234, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.51, -16.66, 67.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.51, 69.84, 103.80°)
OKLab	oklab(91.25% -0.0515 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(91.25% 0.162 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.8625, 77.4186, 21.1447)
Luminance	0.7742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEA5A #5A5CEC

analogous

#ECA15A #ECEA5A #A5EC5A

triadic

#ECEA5A #5AECEA #EA5AEC

tetradic

#ECEA5A #5AECA1 #5A5CEC #EC5AA5

square

#ECEA5A #5AECA1 #5A5CEC #EC5AA5

split-complementary

#ECEA5A #5AA5EC #A15AEC

monochromatic

#B7B415 #E6E323 #ECEA5A #F2F191 #F9F8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECEA5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#ECEA5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEA5A

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEA5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEA5A	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecea5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 234, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.162 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f08f',
    500: '#ecea5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecea5a;
$custom-light: #f5f08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecea5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91248,
    "c": 0.16246,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEA5A

secondary

#3436B6

accent

#0DDC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEA5A

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

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