#ECEC53#ECEC53

#ECEC53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.169 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEC53
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 83)
HSL	hsl(60, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.98, -18.04, 71.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.98, 73.33, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(91.61% -0.0561 0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(91.61% 0.169 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.1510, 78.4502, 19.8397)
Luminance	0.7845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEC53 #5353EC

analogous

#EC9F53 #ECEC53 #9FEC53

triadic

#ECEC53 #53ECEC #EC53EC

tetradic

#ECEC53 #53EC9F #5353EC #EC539F

square

#ECEC53 #53EC9F #5353EC #EC539F

split-complementary

#ECEC53 #539FEC #9F53EC

monochromatic

#B1B114 #E6E61C #ECEC53 #F2F28A #F8F8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECEC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#ECEC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEC53

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEC53	1.00	1.26	16.69	16.69
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE23D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecec53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.169 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f18b',
    500: '#ecec53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecec53;
$custom-light: #f6f18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecec53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91607,
    "c": 0.16946,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEC53

secondary

#3232B1

accent

#09DC09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEC53

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

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