#ECE799#ECE799

#ECE799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.099 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE799
RGB	rgb(236, 231, 153)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.45, -9.65, 38.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.45, 39.82, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(91.43% -0.0256 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(91.43% 0.099 105)
XYZ	xyz(68.9186, 77.2861, 41.4180)
Luminance	0.7729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE799 #999EEC

analogous

#ECBE99 #ECE799 #C8EC99

triadic

#ECE799 #99ECE7 #E799EC

tetradic

#ECE799 #99ECBE #999EEC #EC99C8

square

#ECE799 #99ECBE #999EEC #EC99C8

split-complementary

#ECE799 #99C8EC #BE99EC

monochromatic

#D9CF32 #E2DB65 #ECE799 #F6F3CD #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.46

#ECE799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE799

16.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE799	1.00	1.28	16.46	16.46
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 231, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.099 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eeb8',
    500: '#ece799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece799;
$custom-light: #f3eeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.386,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91432,
    "c": 0.0986,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.77285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE799

secondary

#6268C8

accent

#20D115

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE799

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

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