#ECEC60#ECEC60

#ECEC60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.160 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEC60
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 96)
HSL	hsl(60, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.08, -17.25, 65.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.08, 68.19, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(91.72% -0.0525 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(91.72% 0.16 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.7008, 78.6701, 22.7353)
Luminance	0.7867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEC60 #6060EC

analogous

#ECA660 #ECEC60 #A6EC60

triadic

#ECEC60 #60ECEC #EC60EC

tetradic

#ECEC60 #60ECA6 #6060EC #EC60A6

square

#ECEC60 #60ECA6 #6060EC #EC60A6

split-complementary

#ECEC60 #60A6EC #A660EC

monochromatic

#BBBB16 #E5E529 #ECEC60 #F3F397 #F9F9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#ECEC60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.73

#ECEC60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEC60

16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEC60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEC60	1.00	1.25	16.73	16.73
#FFFFFF	1.25	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)

#FEE350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecec60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.160 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f193',
    500: '#ecec60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecec60;
$custom-light: #f5f193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecec60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91719,
    "c": 0.15986,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEC60

secondary

#3636BA

accent

#0BDB0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEC60

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

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