#ECE68E#ECE68E

#ECE68E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.110 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE68E
RGB	rgb(236, 230, 142)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 39.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.04, -10.36, 43.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.04, 44.77, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(91.05% -0.0284 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(91.05% 0.11 105)
XYZ	xyz(67.7725, 76.3811, 36.7589)
Luminance	0.7638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE68E #8E94EC

analogous

#ECB78E #ECE68E #C3EC8E

triadic

#ECE68E #8EECE6 #E68EEC

tetradic

#ECE68E #8EECB7 #8E94EC #EC8EC3

square

#ECE68E #8EECB7 #8E94EC #EC8EC3

split-complementary

#ECE68E #8EC3EC #B78EEC

monochromatic

#DACF25 #E3DA5A #ECE68E #F5F2C2 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE68E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.28

#ECE68E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE68E

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE68E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE68E	1.00	1.29	16.28	16.28
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece68e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 230, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.110 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3edb0',
    500: '#ece68e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece68e;
$custom-light: #f3edb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece68e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 71.212,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91049,
    "c": 0.10978,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.76379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE68E

secondary

#575EC7

accent

#1FD312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE68E

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

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