#ECEA5E#ECEA5E

#ECEA5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.159 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEA5E
RGB	rgb(236, 234, 94)
HSL	hsl(59, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.55, -16.40, 66.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.55, 68.23, 103.91°)
OKLab	oklab(91.28% -0.0503 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(91.28% 0.159 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.0373, 77.4886, 22.0657)
Luminance	0.7749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEA5E #5E60EC

analogous

#ECA35E #ECEA5E #A7EC5E

triadic

#ECEA5E #5EECEA #EA5EEC

tetradic

#ECEA5E #5EECA3 #5E60EC #EC5EA7

square

#ECEA5E #5EECA3 #5E60EC #EC5EA7

split-complementary

#ECEA5E #5EA7EC #A35EEC

monochromatic

#BAB716 #E6E327 #ECEA5E #F2F195 #F9F8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECEA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#ECEA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEA5E

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEA5E	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecea5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 234, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.159 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f091',
    500: '#ecea5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecea5e;
$custom-light: #f5f091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecea5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.155,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91284,
    "c": 0.1594,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEA5E

secondary

#3537B9

accent

#0DDB0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEA5E

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

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