#ECEA62#ECEA62

#ECEA62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.156 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEA62
RGB	rgb(236, 234, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.58, -16.14, 64.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.58, 66.57, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(91.32% -0.0492 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(91.32% 0.156 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.2215, 77.5622, 23.0356)
Luminance	0.7756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEA62 #6264EC

analogous

#ECA562 #ECEA62 #A9EC62

triadic

#ECEA62 #62ECEA #EA62EC

tetradic

#ECEA62 #62ECA5 #6264EC #EC62A9

square

#ECEA62 #62ECA5 #6264EC #EC62A9

split-complementary

#ECEA62 #62A9EC #A562EC

monochromatic

#BDBA17 #E5E32B #ECEA62 #F3F199 #F9F9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECEA62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#ECEA62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEA62

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEA62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEA62	1.00	1.27	16.51	16.51
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecea62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 234, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.156 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f094',
    500: '#ecea62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecea62;
$custom-light: #f5f094;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecea62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91322,
    "c": 0.15623,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEA62

secondary

#3739BC

accent

#0EDB0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEA62

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

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