#ECEA68#ECEA68

#ECEA68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.151 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEA68
RGB	rgb(236, 234, 104)
HSL	hsl(59, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 55.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.63, -15.71, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.63, 64.02, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(91.38% -0.0473 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(91.38% 0.151 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.5155, 77.6798, 24.5839)
Luminance	0.7768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEA68 #686AEC

analogous

#ECA868 #ECEA68 #ACEC68

triadic

#ECEA68 #68ECEA #EA68EC

tetradic

#ECEA68 #68ECA8 #686AEC #EC68AC

square

#ECEA68 #68ECA8 #686AEC #EC68AC

split-complementary

#ECEA68 #68ACEC #A868EC

monochromatic

#C1BF18 #E5E232 #ECEA68 #F3F29E #FAF9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECEA68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#ECEA68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEA68

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEA68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEA68	1.00	1.27	16.54	16.54
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE66F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecea68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 234, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.151 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f097',
    500: '#ecea68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecea68;
$custom-light: #f5f097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecea68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 77.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91382,
    "c": 0.15125,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEA68

secondary

#393BC0

accent

#0FDA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEA68

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

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