#ECED5A#ECED5A

#ECED5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.165 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECED5A
RGB	rgb(236, 237, 90)
HSL	hsl(60, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 62%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.30, -18.12, 68.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.30, 71.01, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(91.87% -0.0556 0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(91.87% 0.165 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.7238, 79.1412, 21.4319)
Luminance	0.7914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECED5A #5B5AED

analogous

#EDA55A #ECED5A #A3ED5A

triadic

#ECED5A #5AECED #ED5AEC

tetradic

#ECED5A #5AEDA5 #5B5AED #ED5AA3

square

#ECED5A #5AEDA5 #5B5AED #ED5AA3

split-complementary

#ECED5A #5AA3ED #A55AED

monochromatic

#B7B814 #E6E723 #ECED5A #F2F391 #F9F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#ECED5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.83

#ECED5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECED5A

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECED5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECED5A	1.00	1.25	16.83	16.83
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eced5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 237, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.165 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f28f',
    500: '#eced5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eced5a;
$custom-light: #f5f28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eced5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.408,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91874,
    "c": 0.16545,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECED5A

secondary

#3433B8

accent

#09DD0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECED5A

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

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