#ECE09D#ECE09D

#ECE09D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.086 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE09D
RGB	rgb(236, 224, 157)
HSL	hsl(51, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 33.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.72, -5.67, 34.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.72, 34.80, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(90.08% -0.0139 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(90.08% 0.086 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.3344, 73.5802, 42.5471)
Luminance	0.7358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE09D #9DA9EC

analogous

#ECB99D #ECE09D #D1EC9D

triadic

#ECE09D #9DECE0 #E09DEC

tetradic

#ECE09D #9DECB9 #9DA9EC #EC9DD1

square

#ECE09D #9DECB9 #9DA9EC #EC9DD1

split-complementary

#ECE09D #9DD1EC #B99DEC

monochromatic

#D8C036 #E2D06A #ECE09D #F6F0D0 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#ECE09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE09D

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE09D	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E19F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 224, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.086 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e9ba',
    500: '#ece09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece09d;
$custom-light: #f3e9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.886,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90083,
    "c": 0.08648,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE09D

secondary

#6574C8

accent

#32CF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE09D

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

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