#ECE789#ECE789

#ECE789 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.116 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE789
RGB	rgb(236, 231, 137)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(57, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 41.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.23, -11.37, 46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.23, 47.63, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(91.18% -0.0317 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(91.18% 0.116 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.6846, 76.7925, 34.9190)
Luminance	0.7679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE789 #898EEC

analogous

#ECB589 #ECE789 #BFEC89

triadic

#ECE789 #89ECE7 #E789EC

tetradic

#ECE789 #89ECB5 #898EEC #EC89BF

square

#ECE789 #89ECB5 #898EEC #EC89BF

split-complementary

#ECE789 #89BFEC #B589EC

monochromatic

#D8CF23 #E4DC54 #ECE789 #F4F2BE #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE789 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#ECE789 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE789

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE789	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE789	1.00	1.28	16.36	16.36
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E182

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E58D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DCD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece789;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 231, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.116 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4eead',
    500: '#ece789',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece789;
$custom-light: #f4eead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece789",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.97,
    "s": 72.263,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91177,
    "c": 0.11626,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE789

secondary

#5359C6

accent

#1BD411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE789

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

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