#ECED5E#ECED5E

#ECED5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.162 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECED5E
RGB	rgb(236, 237, 94)
HSL	hsl(60, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 60.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.33, -17.86, 67.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.33, 69.41, 104.92°)
OKLab	oklab(91.91% -0.0545 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(91.91% 0.162 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.8986, 79.2112, 22.3528)
Luminance	0.7921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECED5E #5F5EED

analogous

#EDA75E #ECED5E #A4ED5E

triadic

#ECED5E #5EECED #ED5EEC

tetradic

#ECED5E #5EEDA7 #5F5EED #ED5EA4

square

#ECED5E #5EEDA7 #5F5EED #ED5EA4

split-complementary

#ECED5E #5EA4ED #A75EED

monochromatic

#BABC15 #E6E727 #ECED5E #F2F395 #F9F9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#ECED5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.84

#ECED5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECED5E

16.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECED5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECED5E	1.00	1.25	16.84	16.84
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eced5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 237, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.162 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f291',
    500: '#eced5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eced5e;
$custom-light: #f5f291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eced5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.42,
    "s": 79.888,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91909,
    "c": 0.16244,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECED5E

secondary

#3635BA

accent

#09DC0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECED5E

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

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