#ECEE56#ECEE56

#ECEE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.169 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEE56
RGB	rgb(236, 238, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.53, -18.84, 70.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.53, 72.95, 104.97°)
OKLab	oklab(92.05% -0.058 0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(92.05% 0.169 110)
XYZ	xyz(66.8484, 79.6556, 20.6560)
Luminance	0.7965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEE56 #5856EE

analogous

#EEA456 #ECEE56 #A0EE56

triadic

#ECEE56 #56ECEE #EE56EC

tetradic

#ECEE56 #56EEA4 #5856EE #EE56A0

square

#ECEE56 #56EEA4 #5856EE #EE56A0

split-complementary

#ECEE56 #56A0EE #A456EE

monochromatic

#B5B712 #E6E81E #ECEE56 #F2F48E #F9F9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#ECEE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.93

#ECEE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEE56

16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEE56	1.00	1.24	16.93	16.93
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCE0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecee56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 238, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.169 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f38d',
    500: '#ecee56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecee56;
$custom-light: #f5f38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecee56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.789,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92049,
    "c": 0.16936,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.79654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEE56

secondary

#3332B7

accent

#07DE0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEE56

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

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