#ECEE45#ECEE45

#ECEE45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.794; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.180 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEE45
RGB	rgb(236, 238, 69)
HSL	hsl(61, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 71%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.42, -19.72, 76.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.42, 79.03, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(91.93% -0.0621 0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(91.93% 0.18 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.2431, 79.4135, 17.4679)
Luminance	0.7941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEE45 #4745EE

analogous

#EE9B45 #ECEE45 #97EE45

triadic

#ECEE45 #45ECEE #EE45EC

tetradic

#ECEE45 #45EE9B #4745EE #EE4597

square

#ECEE45 #45EE9B #4745EE #EE4597

split-complementary

#ECEE45 #4597EE #9B45EE

monochromatic

#A7A90F #DFE115 #ECEE45 #F2F37D #F7F8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#ECEE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.88

#ECEE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEE45

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEE45	1.00	1.24	16.88	16.88
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecee45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 238, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.180 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f384',
    500: '#ecee45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecee45;
$custom-light: #f6f384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecee45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.71,
    "s": 83.251,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91927,
    "c": 0.18021,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEE45

secondary

#2E2DAA

accent

#06E008

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF3

border

#D7D6CD

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEE45

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

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