#ECE495#ECE495

#ECE495 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.755; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.100 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE495
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 149)
HSL	hsl(54, 70%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(54, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 36.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.62, -8.60, 39.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.62, 40.48, 102.27°)
OKLab	oklab(90.75% -0.0228 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(90.75% 0.1 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.7613, 75.4913, 39.4297)
Luminance	0.7549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE495 #959DEC

analogous

#ECB895 #ECE495 #C8EC95

triadic

#ECE495 #95ECE4 #E495EC

tetradic

#ECE495 #95ECB8 #959DEC #EC95C8

square

#ECE495 #95ECB8 #959DEC #EC95C8

split-complementary

#ECE495 #95C8EC #B895EC

monochromatic

#D9CA2D #E3D761 #ECE495 #F5F1C9 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#ECE495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.10

#ECE495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE495

16.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE495	1.00	1.30	16.10	16.10
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DAD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.100 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ecb5',
    500: '#ece495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece495;
$custom-light: #f3ecb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.483,
    "s": 69.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90754,
    "c": 0.09985,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE495

secondary

#5E67C7

accent

#25D214

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE495

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

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