#ECED5F#ECED5F

#ECED5F 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 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECED5F
RGB	rgb(236, 237, 95)
HSL	hsl(60, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 59.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.34, -17.80, 66.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.34, 69.00, 104.95°)
OKLab	oklab(91.92% -0.0542 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(91.92% 0.162 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.9438, 79.2292, 22.5906)
Luminance	0.7923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECED5F #605FED

analogous

#EDA75F #ECED5F #A5ED5F

triadic

#ECED5F #5FECED #ED5FEC

tetradic

#ECED5F #5FEDA7 #605FED #ED5FA5

square

#ECED5F #5FEDA7 #605FED #ED5FA5

split-complementary

#ECED5F #5FA5ED #A75FED

monochromatic

#BBBC15 #E5E728 #ECED5F #F3F396 #F9F9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#ECED5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#ECED5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECED5F

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECED5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECED5F	1.00	1.25	16.85	16.85
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE868

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eced5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 237, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.162 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f292',
    500: '#eced5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eced5f;
$custom-light: #f5f292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eced5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.423,
    "s": 79.775,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91918,
    "c": 0.16167,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECED5F

secondary

#3635BB

accent

#09DC0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECED5F

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

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