#ECEC62#ECEC62

#ECEC62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.158 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEC62
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 98)
HSL	hsl(60, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.10, -17.11, 65.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.10, 67.37, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(91.74% -0.0519 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(91.74% 0.158 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.7941, 78.7074, 23.2264)
Luminance	0.7871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEC62 #6262EC

analogous

#ECA762 #ECEC62 #A7EC62

triadic

#ECEC62 #62ECEC #EC62EC

tetradic

#ECEC62 #62ECA7 #6262EC #EC62A7

square

#ECEC62 #62ECA7 #6262EC #EC62A7

split-complementary

#ECEC62 #62A7EC #A762EC

monochromatic

#BDBD17 #E5E52B #ECEC62 #F3F399 #F9F9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#ECEC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.74

#ECEC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEC62

16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEC62	1.00	1.25	16.74	16.74
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE86A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecec62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.158 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f194',
    500: '#ecec62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecec62;
$custom-light: #f5f194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecec62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91738,
    "c": 0.15827,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEC62

secondary

#3737BC

accent

#0BDB0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEC62

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

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