#ECE199#ECE199

#ECE199 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.092 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE199
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 153)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(52, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.92, -6.64, 36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.92, 37.22, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(90.21% -0.0169 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(90.21% 0.092 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.2680, 73.9849, 40.8678)
Luminance	0.7398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE199 #99A4EC

analogous

#ECB899 #ECE199 #CEEC99

triadic

#ECE199 #99ECE1 #E199EC

tetradic

#ECE199 #99ECB8 #99A4EC #EC99CE

square

#ECE199 #99ECB8 #99A4EC #EC99CE

split-complementary

#ECE199 #99CEEC #B899EC

monochromatic

#D9C332 #E2D265 #ECE199 #F6F0CD #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#ECE199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE199

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE199	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E19C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.092 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eab7',
    500: '#ece199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece199;
$custom-light: #f3eab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.048,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90213,
    "c": 0.09213,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE199

secondary

#626FC8

accent

#2ED115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE199

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

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