#ECE797#ECE797

#ECE797 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.101 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE797
RGB	rgb(236, 231, 151)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 36%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.42, -9.88, 39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.42, 40.80, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(91.4% -0.0264 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(91.4% 0.101 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.7548, 77.2206, 40.5553)
Luminance	0.7722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE797 #979CEC

analogous

#ECBC97 #ECE797 #C6EC97

triadic

#ECE797 #97ECE7 #E797EC

tetradic

#ECE797 #97ECBC #979CEC #EC97C6

square

#ECE797 #97ECBC #979CEC #EC97C6

split-complementary

#ECE797 #97C6EC #BC97EC

monochromatic

#D9CF30 #E3DB63 #ECE797 #F5F3CB #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#ECE797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE797

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE797	1.00	1.28	16.44	16.44
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 231, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.101 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eeb6',
    500: '#ece797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece797;
$custom-light: #f3eeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 69.106,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91398,
    "c": 0.10088,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE797

secondary

#6066C8

accent

#20D114

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE797

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

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