#ECE69D#ECE69D

#ECE69D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.093 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE69D
RGB	rgb(236, 230, 157)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 33.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.26, -8.69, 36.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.26, 37.39, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(91.3% -0.0226 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(91.3% 0.093 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.9754, 76.8623, 43.0942)
Luminance	0.7686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE69D #9DA3EC

analogous

#ECBF9D #ECE69D #CBEC9D

triadic

#ECE69D #9DECE6 #E69DEC

tetradic

#ECE69D #9DECBF #9DA3EC #EC9DCB

square

#ECE69D #9DECBF #9DA3EC #EC9DCB

split-complementary

#ECE69D #9DCBEC #BF9DEC

monochromatic

#D8CC36 #E2D96A #ECE69D #F6F3D0 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE69D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#ECE69D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE69D

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE69D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE69D	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece69d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 230, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.093 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3edba',
    500: '#ece69d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece69d;
$custom-light: #f3edba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece69d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.443,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91297,
    "c": 0.09288,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE69D

secondary

#656DC8

accent

#24CF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE69D

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

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