#ECEC65#ECEC65

#ECEC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.156 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEC65
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 101)
HSL	hsl(60, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.13, -16.91, 63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.13, 66.11, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(91.77% -0.051 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(91.77% 0.156 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.9384, 78.7651, 23.9865)
Luminance	0.7876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEC65 #6565EC

analogous

#ECA865 #ECEC65 #A8EC65

triadic

#ECEC65 #65ECEC #EC65EC

tetradic

#ECEC65 #65ECA8 #6565EC #EC65A8

square

#ECEC65 #65ECA8 #6565EC #EC65A8

split-complementary

#ECEC65 #65A8EC #A865EC

monochromatic

#BFBF18 #E5E52F #ECEC65 #F3F39B #F9F9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#ECEC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.75

#ECEC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEC65

16.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEC65	1.00	1.25	16.75	16.75
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE86D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecec65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.156 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f196',
    500: '#ecec65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecec65;
$custom-light: #f5f196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecec65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91767,
    "c": 0.15583,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEC65

secondary

#3838BE

accent

#0BDA0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEC65

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

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