#ECEB5B#ECEB5B

#ECEB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.163 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEB5B
RGB	rgb(236, 235, 91)
HSL	hsl(60, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.78, -17.08, 67.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.78, 69.83, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(91.47% -0.0526 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(91.47% 0.163 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.1908, 78.0067, 21.4656)
Luminance	0.7801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEB5B #5B5CEC

analogous

#ECA35B #ECEB5B #A5EC5B

triadic

#ECEB5B #5BECEB #EB5BEC

tetradic

#ECEB5B #5BECA3 #5B5CEC #EC5BA5

square

#ECEB5B #5BECA3 #5B5CEC #EC5BA5

split-complementary

#ECEB5B #5BA5EC #A35BEC

monochromatic

#B7B615 #E6E424 #ECEB5B #F2F292 #F9F8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECEB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#ECEB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEB5B

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEB5B	1.00	1.26	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.26	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)

#FDE249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eceb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 235, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.163 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f190',
    500: '#eceb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eceb5b;
$custom-light: #f5f190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eceb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.586,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91465,
    "c": 0.1627,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEB5B

secondary

#3435B7

accent

#0BDC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEB5B

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

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