#ECE49F#ECE49F

#ECE49F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.758; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.088 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE49F
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 159)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(54, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 32.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.78, -7.45, 34.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.78, 35.51, 102.11°)
OKLab	oklab(90.93% -0.0189 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(90.93% 0.088 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(68.5942, 75.8244, 43.8163)
Luminance	0.7582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE49F #9FA7EC

analogous

#ECBD9F #ECE49F #CEEC9F

triadic

#ECE49F #9FECE4 #E49FEC

tetradic

#ECE49F #9FECBD #9FA7EC #EC9FCE

square

#ECE49F #9FECBD #9FA7EC #EC9FCE

split-complementary

#ECE49F #9FCEEC #BD9FEC

monochromatic

#D8C739 #E2D66C #ECE49F #F6F2D2 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#ECE49F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.16

#ECE49F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE49F

16.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE49F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE49F	1.00	1.30	16.16	16.16
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DF9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E4A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece49f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.088 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ecbc',
    500: '#ece49f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece49f;
$custom-light: #f3ecbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece49f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.766,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90927,
    "c": 0.08835,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.75823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE49F

secondary

#6771C8

accent

#2ACF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE49F

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

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