#ECEE5F#ECEE5F

#ECEE5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.163 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEE5F
RGB	rgb(236, 238, 95)
HSL	hsl(61, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 60.1%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.60, -18.28, 66.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.60, 69.40, 105.28°)
OKLab	oklab(92.13% -0.0555 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(92.13% 0.163 110)
XYZ	xyz(67.2341, 79.8099, 22.6874)
Luminance	0.7981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEE5F #615FEE

analogous

#EEA85F #ECEE5F #A5EE5F

triadic

#ECEE5F #5FECEE #EE5FEC

tetradic

#ECEE5F #5FEEA8 #615FEE #EE5FA5

square

#ECEE5F #5FEEA8 #615FEE #EE5FA5

split-complementary

#ECEE5F #5FA5EE #A85FEE

monochromatic

#BCBE14 #E5E828 #ECEE5F #F3F496 #F9FACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#ECEE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#ECEE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEE5F

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEE5F	1.00	1.24	16.96	16.96
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecee5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 238, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.163 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f392',
    500: '#ecee5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecee5f;
$custom-light: #f5f392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecee5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.839,
    "s": 80.791,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92127,
    "c": 0.16269,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.79808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEE5F

secondary

#3634BD

accent

#08DD0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEE5F

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

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