#ECF962#ECF962

#ECF962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.865; OKLCH L 94.5% C 0.172 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECF962
RGB	rgb(236, 249, 98)
HSL	hsl(65, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.2%, 0%, 60.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.51, -23.37, 68.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.51, 72.72, 108.74°)
OKLab	oklab(94.46% -0.0696 0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(94.46% 0.172 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(70.6741, 86.4674, 24.5198)
Luminance	0.8647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECF962 #6F62F9

analogous

#F9BB62 #ECF962 #A0F962

triadic

#ECF962 #62ECF9 #F962EC

tetradic

#ECF962 #62F9BB #6F62F9 #F962A0

square

#ECF962 #62F9BB #6F62F9 #F962A0

split-complementary

#ECF962 #62A0F9 #BB62F9

monochromatic

#C6D808 #E5F727 #ECF962 #F3FB9D #FAFED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.15

#ECF962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.29

#ECF962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECF962

18.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECF962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECF962	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)

#FFEE50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF16C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAEBD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EFEFEF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecf962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 249, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.5% 0.172 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5fb95',
    500: '#ecf962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecf962;
$custom-light: #f5fb95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecf962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.166,
    "s": 92.638,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94463,
    "c": 0.17205,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.86466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECF962

secondary

#3B2DD2

accent

#00E614

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFFF5

border

#D7D7CF

text

#17170E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECF962

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

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