#ECE09E#ECE09E

#ECE09E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.085 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE09E
RGB	rgb(236, 224, 158)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 33.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.74, -5.55, 33.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.74, 34.30, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(90.1% -0.0135 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(90.1% 0.085 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.4201, 73.6145, 42.9986)
Luminance	0.7361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE09E #9EAAEC

analogous

#ECB99E #ECE09E #D1EC9E

triadic

#ECE09E #9EECE0 #E09EEC

tetradic

#ECE09E #9EECB9 #9EAAEC #EC9ED1

square

#ECE09E #9EECB9 #9EAAEC #EC9ED1

split-complementary

#ECE09E #9ED1EC #B99EEC

monochromatic

#D8BF38 #E2D06B #ECE09E #F6F0D1 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#ECE09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE09E

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE09E	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)

#ECDC99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 224, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.085 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e9bb',
    500: '#ece09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece09e;
$custom-light: #f3e9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90101,
    "c": 0.08531,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE09E

secondary

#6675C8

accent

#33CF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE09E

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

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