#ECEB5E#ECEB5E

#ECEB5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.160 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEB5E
RGB	rgb(236, 235, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 60.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.81, -16.89, 66.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.81, 68.62, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(91.49% -0.0517 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(91.49% 0.16 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.3228, 78.0595, 22.1608)
Luminance	0.7806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEB5E #5E5FEC

analogous

#ECA45E #ECEB5E #A6EC5E

triadic

#ECEB5E #5EECEB #EB5EEC

tetradic

#ECEB5E #5EECA4 #5E5FEC #EC5EA6

square

#ECEB5E #5EECA4 #5E5FEC #EC5EA6

split-complementary

#ECEB5E #5EA6EC #A45EEC

monochromatic

#BAB916 #E6E427 #ECEB5E #F2F295 #F9F9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECEB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#ECEB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEB5E

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEB5E	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)

#FDE24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eceb5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 235, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.160 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f191',
    500: '#eceb5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eceb5e;
$custom-light: #f5f191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eceb5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.577,
    "s": 78.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91492,
    "c": 0.16041,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEB5E

secondary

#3536B9

accent

#0CDB0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEB5E

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

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