#ECEB55#ECEB55

#ECEB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.167 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEB55
RGB	rgb(236, 235, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.74, -17.44, 70.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.74, 72.18, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(91.41% -0.0542 0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(91.41% 0.167 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.9423, 77.9073, 20.1566)
Luminance	0.7791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEB55 #5556EC

analogous

#ECA055 #ECEB55 #A1EC55

triadic

#ECEB55 #55ECEB #EB55EC

tetradic

#ECEB55 #55ECA0 #5556EC #EC55A1

square

#ECEB55 #55ECA0 #5556EC #EC55A1

split-complementary

#ECEB55 #55A1EC #A055EC

monochromatic

#B3B214 #E6E51E #ECEB55 #F2F18C #F8F8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECEB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#ECEB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEB55

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEB55	1.00	1.27	16.58	16.58
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eceb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 235, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.167 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f18c',
    500: '#eceb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eceb55;
$custom-light: #f5f18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eceb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.603,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91414,
    "c": 0.16708,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEB55

secondary

#3333B3

accent

#0BDC09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEB55

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

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