#ECEC6A#ECEC6A

#ECEC6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.152 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEC6A
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 106)
HSL	hsl(60, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(60, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 55.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.17, -16.54, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.17, 63.98, 104.99°)
OKLab	oklab(91.82% -0.0495 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(91.82% 0.152 109)
XYZ	xyz(67.1909, 78.8661, 25.3161)
Luminance	0.7886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEC6A #6A6AEC

analogous

#ECAB6A #ECEC6A #ABEC6A

triadic

#ECEC6A #6AECEC #EC6AEC

tetradic

#ECEC6A #6AECAB #6A6AEC #EC6AAB

square

#ECEC6A #6AECAB #6A6AEC #EC6AAB

split-complementary

#ECEC6A #6AABEC #AB6AEC

monochromatic

#C3C319 #E5E534 #ECEC6A #F3F3A0 #FAFAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#ECEC6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.77

#ECEC6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEC6A

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEC6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEC6A	1.00	1.25	16.77	16.77
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE35C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecec6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.152 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f299',
    500: '#ecec6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecec6a;
$custom-light: #f5f299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecec6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91818,
    "c": 0.15161,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.78864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEC6A

secondary

#3939C1

accent

#0CDA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEC6A

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

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