#ECEB4F#ECEB4F

#ECEB4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.171 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEB4F
RGB	rgb(236, 235, 79)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 66.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.70, -17.77, 72.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.70, 74.44, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(91.37% -0.0557 0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(91.37% 0.171 109)
XYZ	xyz(65.7139, 77.8160, 18.9540)
Luminance	0.7781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEB4F #4F50EC

analogous

#EC9D4F #ECEB4F #9FEC4F

triadic

#ECEB4F #4FECEB #EB4FEC

tetradic

#ECEB4F #4FEC9D #4F50EC #EC4F9F

square

#ECEB4F #4FEC9D #4F50EC #EC4F9F

split-complementary

#ECEB4F #4F9FEC #9D4FEC

monochromatic

#AEAD13 #E5E419 #ECEB4F #F2F186 #F8F8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECEB4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#ECEB4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEB4F

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEB4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEB4F	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eceb4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 235, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.171 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f189',
    500: '#eceb4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eceb4f;
$custom-light: #f6f189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eceb4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.618,
    "s": 80.513,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91368,
    "c": 0.17117,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.77814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEB4F

secondary

#3132AE

accent

#0ADD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEB4F

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

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