#ECEB5D#ECEB5D

#ECEB5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.161 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEB5D
RGB	rgb(236, 235, 93)
HSL	hsl(60, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.80, -16.96, 66.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.80, 69.02, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(91.48% -0.052 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(91.48% 0.161 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.2782, 78.0417, 21.9260)
Luminance	0.7804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEB5D #5D5EEC

analogous

#ECA35D #ECEB5D #A6EC5D

triadic

#ECEB5D #5DECEB #EB5DEC

tetradic

#ECEB5D #5DECA3 #5D5EEC #EC5DA6

square

#ECEB5D #5DECA3 #5D5EEC #EC5DA6

split-complementary

#ECEB5D #5DA6EC #A35DEC

monochromatic

#B9B816 #E6E426 #ECEB5D #F2F294 #F9F9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECEB5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#ECEB5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEB5D

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEB5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEB5D	1.00	1.26	16.61	16.61
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eceb5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 235, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.161 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f191',
    500: '#eceb5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eceb5d;
$custom-light: #f5f191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eceb5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.58,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91483,
    "c": 0.16118,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEB5D

secondary

#3536B8

accent

#0CDB0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEB5D

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

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