#ECEE5C#ECEE5C

#ECEE5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.165 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEE5C
RGB	rgb(236, 238, 92)
HSL	hsl(61, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 61.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.58, -18.48, 68.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.58, 70.61, 105.17°)
OKLab	oklab(92.1% -0.0564 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(92.1% 0.165 110)
XYZ	xyz(67.1004, 79.7564, 21.9830)
Luminance	0.7975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEE5C #5E5CEE

analogous

#EEA75C #ECEE5C #A3EE5C

triadic

#ECEE5C #5CECEE #EE5CEC

tetradic

#ECEE5C #5CEEA7 #5E5CEE #EE5CA3

square

#ECEE5C #5CEEA7 #5E5CEE #EE5CA3

split-complementary

#ECEE5C #5CA3EE #A75CEE

monochromatic

#BABC14 #E6E825 #ECEE5C #F2F493 #F9FACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#ECEE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95

#ECEE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEE5C

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEE5C	1.00	1.24	16.95	16.95
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecee5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 238, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.165 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f390',
    500: '#ecee5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecee5c;
$custom-light: #f5f390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecee5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.822,
    "s": 81.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.921,
    "c": 0.16498,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.79755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEE5C

secondary

#3533BB

accent

#08DD0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEE5C

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

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