#ECE89E#ECE89E

#ECE89E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.094 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE89E
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 158)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(57, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 33.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.79, -9.57, 36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.79, 37.79, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(91.72% -0.0251 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(91.72% 0.094 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.6209, 78.0161, 43.7322)
Luminance	0.7802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE89E #9EA2EC

analogous

#ECC19E #ECE89E #C9EC9E

triadic

#ECE89E #9EECE8 #E89EEC

tetradic

#ECE89E #9EECC1 #9EA2EC #EC9EC9

square

#ECE89E #9EECC1 #9EA2EC #EC9EC9

split-complementary

#ECE89E #9EC9EC #C19EEC

monochromatic

#D8D038 #E2DC6B #ECE89E #F6F4D1 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECE89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#ECE89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE89E

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE89E	1.00	1.26	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E6A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.094 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efbb',
    500: '#ece89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece89e;
$custom-light: #f3efbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91722,
    "c": 0.09398,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE89E

secondary

#666BC8

accent

#20CF16

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE89E

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

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