#ECE697#ECE697

#ECE697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.100 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE697
RGB	rgb(236, 230, 151)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 36%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.17, -9.38, 39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.17, 40.36, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(91.19% -0.0249 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(91.19% 0.1 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.4757, 76.6624, 40.4623)
Luminance	0.7666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE697 #979DEC

analogous

#ECBB97 #ECE697 #C7EC97

triadic

#ECE697 #97ECE6 #E697EC

tetradic

#ECE697 #97ECBB #979DEC #EC97C7

square

#ECE697 #97ECBB #979DEC #EC97C7

split-complementary

#ECE697 #97C7EC #BB97EC

monochromatic

#D9CD30 #E3DA63 #ECE697 #F5F2CB #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#ECE697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE697

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE697	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 230, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.100 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3edb6',
    500: '#ece697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece697;
$custom-light: #f3edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.765,
    "s": 69.106,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91194,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE697

secondary

#6067C8

accent

#22D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE697

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

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