#ECE09C#ECE09C

#ECE09C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.088 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE09C
RGB	rgb(236, 224, 156)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 33.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.71, -5.79, 34.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.71, 35.30, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(90.06% -0.0143 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(90.06% 0.088 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.2493, 73.5462, 42.0994)
Luminance	0.7354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE09C #9CA8EC

analogous

#ECB89C #ECE09C #D0EC9C

triadic

#ECE09C #9CECE0 #E09CEC

tetradic

#ECE09C #9CECB8 #9CA8EC #EC9CD0

square

#ECE09C #9CECB8 #9CA8EC #EC9CD0

split-complementary

#ECE09C #9CD0EC #B89CEC

monochromatic

#D8C035 #E2D069 #ECE09C #F6F0CF #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#ECE09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE09C

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE09C	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDC97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 224, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.088 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e9ba',
    500: '#ece09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece09c;
$custom-light: #f3e9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90064,
    "c": 0.08764,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE09C

secondary

#6473C8

accent

#32D016

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE09C

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

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