#ECEC4B#ECEC4B

#ECEC4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.175 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEC4B
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 75)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.93, -18.46, 73.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.93, 76.25, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(91.55% -0.058 0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(91.55% 0.175 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.8598, 78.3337, 18.3059)
Luminance	0.7833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEC4B #4B4BEC

analogous

#EC9B4B #ECEC4B #9BEC4B

triadic

#ECEC4B #4BECEC #EC4BEC

tetradic

#ECEC4B #4BEC9B #4B4BEC #EC4B9B

square

#ECEC4B #4BEC9B #4B4BEC #EC4B9B

split-complementary

#ECEC4B #4B9BEC #9B4BEC

monochromatic

#ABAB12 #E2E218 #ECEC4B #F2F282 #F8F8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECEC4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#ECEC4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEC4B

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEC4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEC4B	1.00	1.26	16.67	16.67
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecec4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.175 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f187',
    500: '#ecec4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecec4b;
$custom-light: #f6f187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecec4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91548,
    "c": 0.17469,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEC4B

secondary

#3030AC

accent

#08DD08

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEC4B

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

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