#ECEA60#ECEA60

#ECEA60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.158 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEA60
RGB	rgb(236, 234, 96)
HSL	hsl(59, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 59.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.56, -16.27, 65.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.56, 67.40, 103.97°)
OKLab	oklab(91.3% -0.0497 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(91.3% 0.158 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.1282, 77.5249, 22.5444)
Luminance	0.7752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEA60 #6062EC

analogous

#ECA460 #ECEA60 #A8EC60

triadic

#ECEA60 #60ECEA #EA60EC

tetradic

#ECEA60 #60ECA4 #6062EC #EC60A8

square

#ECEA60 #60ECA4 #6062EC #EC60A8

split-complementary

#ECEA60 #60A8EC #A460EC

monochromatic

#BBB916 #E5E329 #ECEA60 #F3F197 #F9F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECEA60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#ECEA60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEA60

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEA60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEA60	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)

#FCE150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecea60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 234, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.158 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f092',
    500: '#ecea60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecea60;
$custom-light: #f5f092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecea60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.143,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91303,
    "c": 0.15784,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEA60

secondary

#3638BA

accent

#0EDB0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEA60

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

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