#ECEA66#ECEA66

#ECEA66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.153 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEA66
RGB	rgb(236, 234, 102)
HSL	hsl(59, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 56.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.62, -15.86, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.62, 64.88, 104.15°)
OKLab	oklab(91.36% -0.0479 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(91.36% 0.153 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.4151, 77.6397, 24.0552)
Luminance	0.7764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEA66 #6668EC

analogous

#ECA766 #ECEA66 #ABEC66

triadic

#ECEA66 #66ECEA #EA66EC

tetradic

#ECEA66 #66ECA7 #6668EC #EC66AB

square

#ECEA66 #66ECA7 #6668EC #EC66AB

split-complementary

#ECEA66 #66ABEC #A766EC

monochromatic

#C0BD18 #E5E330 #ECEA66 #F3F19C #FAF9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECEA66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#ECEA66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEA66

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEA66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEA66	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE66D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecea66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 234, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.153 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f096',
    500: '#ecea66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecea66;
$custom-light: #f5f096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecea66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 77.907,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91361,
    "c": 0.15294,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEA66

secondary

#383ABE

accent

#0EDA0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEA66

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

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