#ECEA5D#ECEA5D

#ECEA5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.160 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEA5D
RGB	rgb(236, 234, 93)
HSL	hsl(59, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.54, -16.47, 66.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.54, 68.63, 103.88°)
OKLab	oklab(91.28% -0.0506 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(91.28% 0.16 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.9928, 77.4707, 21.8309)
Luminance	0.7747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEA5D #5D5FEC

analogous

#ECA35D #ECEA5D #A7EC5D

triadic

#ECEA5D #5DECEA #EA5DEC

tetradic

#ECEA5D #5DECA3 #5D5FEC #EC5DA7

square

#ECEA5D #5DECA3 #5D5FEC #EC5DA7

split-complementary

#ECEA5D #5DA7EC #A35DEC

monochromatic

#B9B716 #E6E326 #ECEA5D #F2F194 #F9F8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECEA5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#ECEA5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEA5D

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEA5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEA5D	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecea5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 234, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.160 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f091',
    500: '#ecea5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecea5d;
$custom-light: #f5f091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecea5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.161,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91275,
    "c": 0.16018,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEA5D

secondary

#3537B8

accent

#0DDB0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEA5D

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

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