#ECEB49#ECEB49

#ECEB49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.175 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEB49
RGB	rgb(236, 235, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.66, -18.08, 74.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.66, 76.59, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(91.33% -0.0571 0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(91.33% 0.175 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.5053, 77.7325, 17.8553)
Luminance	0.7773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEB49 #494AEC

analogous

#EC9949 #ECEB49 #9BEC49

triadic

#ECEB49 #49ECEB #EB49EC

tetradic

#ECEB49 #49EC99 #494AEC #EC499B

square

#ECEB49 #49EC99 #494AEC #EC499B

split-complementary

#ECEB49 #499BEC #9949EC

monochromatic

#A9A812 #E0DF17 #ECEB49 #F2F180 #F8F7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECEB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#ECEB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEB49

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEB49	1.00	1.27	16.55	16.55
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eceb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 235, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.175 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f186',
    500: '#eceb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eceb49;
$custom-light: #f6f186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eceb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.632,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91325,
    "c": 0.17497,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEB49

secondary

#2F30AA

accent

#09DD08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEB49

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

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