#ECF960#ECF960

#ECF960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.864; OKLCH L 94.4% C 0.174 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECF960
RGB	rgb(236, 249, 96)
HSL	hsl(65, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 61.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.50, -23.50, 69.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.50, 73.51, 108.64°)
OKLab	oklab(94.45% -0.0701 0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(94.45% 0.174 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.5808, 86.4301, 24.0286)
Luminance	0.8643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECF960 #6D60F9

analogous

#F9B960 #ECF960 #9FF960

triadic

#ECF960 #60ECF9 #F960EC

tetradic

#ECF960 #60F9B9 #6D60F9 #F9609F

square

#ECF960 #60F9B9 #6D60F9 #F9609F

split-complementary

#ECF960 #609FF9 #B960F9

monochromatic

#C5D708 #E5F725 #ECF960 #F3FB9B #FAFDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#ECF960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.29

#ECF960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECF960

18.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECF960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECF960	1.00	1.15	18.29	18.29
#FFFFFF	1.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAEBD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecf960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 249, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.4% 0.174 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5fb93',
    500: '#ecf960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecf960;
$custom-light: #f5fb93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecf960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.098,
    "s": 92.727,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94445,
    "c": 0.17356,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.86429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECF960

secondary

#3A2CD1

accent

#00E613

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#17170E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECF960

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

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