#ECEB57#ECEB57

#ECEB57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.166 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEB57
RGB	rgb(236, 235, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.75, -17.32, 69.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.75, 71.41, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(91.43% -0.0537 0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(91.43% 0.166 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.0229, 77.9396, 20.5809)
Luminance	0.7794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEB57 #5758EC

analogous

#ECA057 #ECEB57 #A2EC57

triadic

#ECEB57 #57ECEB #EB57EC

tetradic

#ECEB57 #57ECA0 #5758EC #EC57A2

square

#ECEB57 #57ECA0 #5758EC #EC57A2

split-complementary

#ECEB57 #57A2EC #A057EC

monochromatic

#B4B314 #E6E420 #ECEB57 #F2F28E #F8F8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECEB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#ECEB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEB57

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEB57	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eceb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 235, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.166 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f18d',
    500: '#eceb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eceb57;
$custom-light: #f5f18d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eceb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.597,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91431,
    "c": 0.16565,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEB57

secondary

#3334B4

accent

#0BDC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEB57

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

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