#ECE69A#ECE69A

#ECE69A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.096 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE69A
RGB	rgb(236, 230, 154)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 34.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.21, -9.04, 37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.21, 38.88, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(91.25% -0.0238 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(91.25% 0.096 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.7224, 76.7611, 41.7618)
Luminance	0.7676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE69A #9AA0EC

analogous

#ECBD9A #ECE69A #C9EC9A

triadic

#ECE69A #9AECE6 #E69AEC

tetradic

#ECE69A #9AECBD #9AA0EC #EC9AC9

square

#ECE69A #9AECBD #9AA0EC #EC9AC9

split-complementary

#ECE69A #9AC9EC #BD9AEC

monochromatic

#D9CD33 #E2D966 #ECE69A #F6F3CE #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE69A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.35

#ECE69A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE69A

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE69A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE69A	1.00	1.28	16.35	16.35
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E59D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece69a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 230, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.096 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3edb8',
    500: '#ece69a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece69a;
$custom-light: #f3edb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece69a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91245,
    "c": 0.09634,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE69A

secondary

#626AC8

accent

#23D015

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE69A

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

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