#ECEE57#ECEE57

#ECEE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.169 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEE57
RGB	rgb(236, 238, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.54, -18.78, 70.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.54, 72.57, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(92.06% -0.0578 0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(92.06% 0.169 110)
XYZ	xyz(66.8890, 79.6718, 20.8697)
Luminance	0.7967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEE57 #5957EE

analogous

#EEA457 #ECEE57 #A0EE57

triadic

#ECEE57 #57ECEE #EE57EC

tetradic

#ECEE57 #57EEA4 #5957EE #EE57A0

square

#ECEE57 #57EEA4 #5957EE #EE57A0

split-complementary

#ECEE57 #57A0EE #A457EE

monochromatic

#B6B813 #E6E81F #ECEE57 #F2F48F #F9F9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#ECEE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.93

#ECEE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEE57

16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEE57	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)

#FFE443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCE0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecee57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 238, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.169 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f38d',
    500: '#ecee57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecee57;
$custom-light: #f5f38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecee57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.795,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92058,
    "c": 0.16865,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.7967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEE57

secondary

#3432B7

accent

#08DE0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18170D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEE57

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

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