#ECE299#ECE299

#ECE299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.745; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.093 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE299
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.17, -7.14, 36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.17, 37.64, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(90.42% -0.0184 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(90.42% 0.093 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.5391, 74.5272, 40.9582)
Luminance	0.7452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE299 #99A3EC

analogous

#ECB999 #ECE299 #CDEC99

triadic

#ECE299 #99ECE2 #E299EC

tetradic

#ECE299 #99ECB9 #99A3EC #EC99CD

square

#ECE299 #99ECB9 #99A3EC #EC99CD

split-complementary

#ECE299 #99CDEC #B999EC

monochromatic

#D9C532 #E2D365 #ECE299 #F6F1CD #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#ECE299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.91

#ECE299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE299

15.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE299	1.00	1.32	15.91	15.91
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.093 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ebb8',
    500: '#ece299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece299;
$custom-light: #f3ebb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.771,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90416,
    "c": 0.09317,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE299

secondary

#626EC8

accent

#2CD115

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE299

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

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