#ECEA7D#ECEA7D

#ECEA7D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.132 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEA7D
RGB	rgb(236, 234, 125)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 47%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.85, -14.00, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.85, 54.60, 104.86°)
OKLab	oklab(91.63% -0.0403 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(91.63% 0.132 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.7180, 78.1608, 30.9174)
Luminance	0.7816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEA7D #7D7FEC

analogous

#ECB27D #ECEA7D #B6EC7D

triadic

#ECEA7D #7DECEA #EA7DEC

tetradic

#ECEA7D #7DECB2 #7D7FEC #EC7DB6

square

#ECEA7D #7DECB2 #7D7FEC #EC7DB6

split-complementary

#ECEA7D #7DB6EC #B27DEC

monochromatic

#D0CD1E #E4E148 #ECEA7D #F4F3B2 #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECEA7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.63

#ECEA7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEA7D

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEA7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEA7D	1.00	1.26	16.63	16.63
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecea7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 234, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.132 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0a5',
    500: '#ecea7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecea7d;
$custom-light: #f4f0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecea7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.919,
    "s": 74.497,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91628,
    "c": 0.13188,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEA7D

secondary

#484AC5

accent

#12D70F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEA7D

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

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