#ECEC8A#ECEC8A

#ECEC8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.121 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEC8A
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(60, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.53, -13.75, 47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.53, 49.35, 106.17°)
OKLab	oklab(92.22% -0.0384 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(92.22% 0.121 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.1761, 79.6602, 35.7717)
Luminance	0.7966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEC8A #8A8AEC

analogous

#ECBB8A #ECEC8A #BBEC8A

triadic

#ECEC8A #8AECEC #EC8AEC

tetradic

#ECEC8A #8AECBB #8A8AEC #EC8ABB

square

#ECEC8A #8AECBB #8A8AEC #EC8ABB

split-complementary

#ECEC8A #8ABBEC #BB8AEC

monochromatic

#D8D823 #E3E355 #ECEC8A #F5F5BF #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#ECEC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.93

#ECEC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEC8A

16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEC8A	1.00	1.24	16.93	16.93
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE98E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecec8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.121 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2ae',
    500: '#ecec8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecec8a;
$custom-light: #f4f2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecec8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9222,
    "c": 0.12077,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEC8A

secondary

#5454C7

accent

#11D411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEC8A

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

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