#ECEC4F#ECEC4F

#ECEC4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.172 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEC4F
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 79)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.96, -18.26, 72.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.96, 74.81, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(91.58% -0.0571 0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(91.58% 0.172 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.0010, 78.3902, 19.0497)
Luminance	0.7839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEC4F #4F4FEC

analogous

#EC9E4F #ECEC4F #9EEC4F

triadic

#ECEC4F #4FECEC #EC4FEC

tetradic

#ECEC4F #4FEC9E #4F4FEC #EC4F9E

square

#ECEC4F #4FEC9E #4F4FEC #EC4F9E

split-complementary

#ECEC4F #4F9EEC #9E4FEC

monochromatic

#AEAE13 #E5E519 #ECEC4F #F2F286 #F8F8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECEC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.68

#ECEC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEC4F

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEC4F	1.00	1.26	16.68	16.68
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecec4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.172 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f189',
    500: '#ecec4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecec4f;
$custom-light: #f6f189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecec4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 80.513,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91577,
    "c": 0.17214,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEC4F

secondary

#3131AE

accent

#09DD09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEC4F

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

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