#ECEB4B#ECEB4B

#ECEB4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.174 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEB4B
RGB	rgb(236, 235, 75)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 68.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.67, -17.98, 73.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.67, 75.88, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(91.34% -0.0567 0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(91.34% 0.174 109)
XYZ	xyz(65.5727, 77.7595, 18.2102)
Luminance	0.7776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEB4B #4B4CEC

analogous

#EC9A4B #ECEB4B #9CEC4B

triadic

#ECEB4B #4BECEB #EB4BEC

tetradic

#ECEB4B #4BEC9A #4B4CEC #EC4B9C

square

#ECEB4B #4BEC9A #4B4CEC #EC4B9C

split-complementary

#ECEB4B #4B9CEC #9A4BEC

monochromatic

#ABAA12 #E2E118 #ECEB4B #F2F182 #F8F7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECEB4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#ECEB4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEB4B

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEB4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEB4B	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)

#FEE131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eceb4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 235, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.174 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f187',
    500: '#eceb4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eceb4b;
$custom-light: #f6f187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eceb4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.627,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91339,
    "c": 0.17374,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.77758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEB4B

secondary

#3030AC

accent

#0ADD08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEB4B

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

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