#ECE689#ECE689

#ECE689 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.115 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE689
RGB	rgb(236, 230, 137)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(56, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 41.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.97, -10.87, 45.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.97, 47.20, 103.32°)
OKLab	oklab(90.97% -0.0303 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(90.97% 0.115 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.4055, 76.2343, 34.8260)
Luminance	0.7623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE689 #898FEC

analogous

#ECB489 #ECE689 #C0EC89

triadic

#ECE689 #89ECE6 #E689EC

tetradic

#ECE689 #89ECB4 #898FEC #EC89C0

square

#ECE689 #89ECB4 #898FEC #EC89C0

split-complementary

#ECE689 #89C0EC #B489EC

monochromatic

#D8CD23 #E4DB54 #ECE689 #F4F1BE #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#ECE689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE689

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE689	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E48D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DBCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 230, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.115 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4edad',
    500: '#ece689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece689;
$custom-light: #f4edad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 72.263,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90973,
    "c": 0.11519,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE689

secondary

#535AC6

accent

#1DD411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE689

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

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