#ECEC5F#ECEC5F

#ECEC5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.161 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEC5F
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 95)
HSL	hsl(60, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.08, -17.31, 66.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.08, 68.60, 104.62°)
OKLab	oklab(91.71% -0.0528 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(91.71% 0.161 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.6551, 78.6518, 22.4944)
Luminance	0.7865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEC5F #5F5FEC

analogous

#ECA65F #ECEC5F #A6EC5F

triadic

#ECEC5F #5FECEC #EC5FEC

tetradic

#ECEC5F #5FECA6 #5F5FEC #EC5FA6

square

#ECEC5F #5FECA6 #5F5FEC #EC5FA6

split-complementary

#ECEC5F #5FA6EC #A65FEC

monochromatic

#BABA16 #E6E628 #ECEC5F #F2F296 #F9F9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECEC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.73

#ECEC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEC5F

16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEC5F	1.00	1.26	16.73	16.73
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecec5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.161 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f192',
    500: '#ecec5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecec5f;
$custom-light: #f5f192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecec5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9171,
    "c": 0.16064,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEC5F

secondary

#3636BA

accent

#0ADB0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEC5F

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

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