#ECE89C#ECE89C

#ECE89C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.096 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE89C
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 156)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(57, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 33.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.76, -9.81, 37.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.76, 38.78, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(91.69% -0.0258 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(91.69% 0.096 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.4502, 77.9478, 42.8330)
Luminance	0.7795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE89C #9CA0EC

analogous

#ECC09C #ECE89C #C8EC9C

triadic

#ECE89C #9CECE8 #E89CEC

tetradic

#ECE89C #9CECC0 #9CA0EC #EC9CC8

square

#ECE89C #9CECC0 #9CA0EC #EC9CC8

split-complementary

#ECE89C #9CC8EC #C09CEC

monochromatic

#D8D035 #E2DC69 #ECE89C #F6F4CF #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECE89C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#ECE89C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE89C

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE89C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE89C	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece89c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.096 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efba',
    500: '#ece89c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece89c;
$custom-light: #f3efba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece89c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91687,
    "c": 0.09628,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE89C

secondary

#6469C8

accent

#1FD016

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE89C

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

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