#ECE09F#ECE09F

#ECE09F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.084 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE09F
RGB	rgb(236, 224, 159)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(51, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 32.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.76, -5.43, 33.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.76, 33.80, 99.24°)
OKLab	oklab(90.12% -0.0131 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(90.12% 0.084 99)
XYZ	xyz(67.5065, 73.6491, 43.4538)
Luminance	0.7365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE09F #9FABEC

analogous

#ECB99F #ECE09F #D2EC9F

triadic

#ECE09F #9FECE0 #E09FEC

tetradic

#ECE09F #9FECB9 #9FABEC #EC9FD2

square

#ECE09F #9FECB9 #9FABEC #EC9FD2

split-complementary

#ECE09F #9FD2EC #B99FEC

monochromatic

#D8BF39 #E2D06C #ECE09F #F6F0D2 #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#ECE09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE09F

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE09F	1.00	1.34	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E1A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 224, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.084 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e9bc',
    500: '#ece09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece09f;
$custom-light: #f3e9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.649,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90119,
    "c": 0.08415,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.73647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE09F

secondary

#6776C8

accent

#33CF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE09F

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

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