#ECEC5D#ECEC5D

#ECEC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.162 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEC5D
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 93)
HSL	hsl(60, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.06, -17.44, 67.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.06, 69.42, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(91.69% -0.0534 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(91.69% 0.162 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.5653, 78.6159, 22.0217)
Luminance	0.7861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEC5D #5D5DEC

analogous

#ECA55D #ECEC5D #A5EC5D

triadic

#ECEC5D #5DECEC #EC5DEC

tetradic

#ECEC5D #5DECA5 #5D5DEC #EC5DA5

square

#ECEC5D #5DECA5 #5D5DEC #EC5DA5

split-complementary

#ECEC5D #5DA5EC #A55DEC

monochromatic

#B9B916 #E6E626 #ECEC5D #F2F294 #F9F9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECEC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#ECEC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEC5D

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEC5D	1.00	1.26	16.72	16.72
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecec5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.162 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f191',
    500: '#ecec5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecec5d;
$custom-light: #f5f191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecec5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91691,
    "c": 0.16219,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEC5D

secondary

#3535B8

accent

#0ADB0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEC5D

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

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