#ECE899#ECE899

#ECE899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.100 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE899
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 153)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(57, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.71, -10.15, 38.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.71, 40.26, 104.61°)
OKLab	oklab(91.64% -0.027 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(91.64% 0.1 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(69.1993, 77.8475, 41.5116)
Luminance	0.7785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE899 #999DEC

analogous

#ECBF99 #ECE899 #C7EC99

triadic

#ECE899 #99ECE8 #E899EC

tetradic

#ECE899 #99ECBF #999DEC #EC99C7

square

#ECE899 #99ECBF #999DEC #EC99C7

split-complementary

#ECE899 #99C7EC #BF99EC

monochromatic

#D9D132 #E2DC65 #ECE899 #F6F4CD #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECE899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#ECE899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE899

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE899	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.100 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efb8',
    500: '#ece899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece899;
$custom-light: #f3efb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.108,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91636,
    "c": 0.09972,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE899

secondary

#6266C8

accent

#1ED115

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE899

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

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