#ECEB5A#ECEB5A

#ECEB5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.163 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEB5A
RGB	rgb(236, 235, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.78, -17.14, 68.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.78, 70.23, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(91.46% -0.0528 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(91.46% 0.163 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.1480, 77.9896, 21.2399)
Luminance	0.7799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEB5A #5A5BEC

analogous

#ECA25A #ECEB5A #A4EC5A

triadic

#ECEB5A #5AECEB #EB5AEC

tetradic

#ECEB5A #5AECA2 #5A5BEC #EC5AA4

square

#ECEB5A #5AECA2 #5A5BEC #EC5AA4

split-complementary

#ECEB5A #5AA4EC #A25AEC

monochromatic

#B7B515 #E6E423 #ECEB5A #F2F291 #F9F8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECEB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#ECEB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEB5A

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEB5A	1.00	1.27	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eceb5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 235, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.163 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f18f',
    500: '#eceb5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eceb5a;
$custom-light: #f5f18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eceb5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.589,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91456,
    "c": 0.16345,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEB5A

secondary

#3435B6

accent

#0BDC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEB5A

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

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