#ECE291#ECE291

#ECE291 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.102 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE291
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 145)
HSL	hsl(53, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(53, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 38.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.05, -8.04, 40.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.05, 41.60, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(90.28% -0.0215 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(90.28% 0.102 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.9004, 74.2717, 37.5943)
Luminance	0.7427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE291 #919BEC

analogous

#ECB591 #ECE291 #C8EC91

triadic

#ECE291 #91ECE2 #E291EC

tetradic

#ECE291 #91ECB5 #919BEC #EC91C8

square

#ECE291 #91ECB5 #919BEC #EC91C8

split-complementary

#ECE291 #91C8EC #B591EC

monochromatic

#DAC629 #E3D45D #ECE291 #F5F0C5 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#ECE291 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#ECE291 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE291

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE291	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE291	1.00	1.32	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DD8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece291;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.102 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ebb2',
    500: '#ece291',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece291;
$custom-light: #f3ebb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece291",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.407,
    "s": 70.543,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90281,
    "c": 0.10221,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE291

secondary

#5A66C7

accent

#28D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE291

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

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