#ECED56#ECED56

#ECED56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.168 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECED56
RGB	rgb(236, 237, 86)
HSL	hsl(60, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.27, -18.36, 70.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.27, 72.57, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(91.84% -0.0567 0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(91.84% 0.168 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.5581, 79.0750, 20.5592)
Luminance	0.7907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECED56 #5756ED

analogous

#EDA256 #ECED56 #A1ED56

triadic

#ECED56 #56ECED #ED56EC

tetradic

#ECED56 #56EDA2 #5756ED #ED56A1

square

#ECED56 #56EDA2 #5756ED #ED56A1

split-complementary

#ECED56 #56A1ED #A256ED

monochromatic

#B4B513 #E6E71F #ECED56 #F2F38D #F8F9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#ECED56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.81

#ECED56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECED56

16.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECED56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECED56	1.00	1.25	16.81	16.81
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eced56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 237, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.168 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f28d',
    500: '#eced56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eced56;
$custom-light: #f5f28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eced56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.397,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9184,
    "c": 0.16835,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECED56

secondary

#3332B5

accent

#08DD0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECED56

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

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