#ECE89F#ECE89F

#ECE89F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.093 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE89F
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 159)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(57, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 32.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.80, -9.45, 36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.80, 37.29, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(91.74% -0.0247 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(91.74% 0.093 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.7073, 78.0507, 44.1874)
Luminance	0.7805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE89F #9FA3EC

analogous

#ECC19F #ECE89F #CAEC9F

triadic

#ECE89F #9FECE8 #E89FEC

tetradic

#ECE89F #9FECC1 #9FA3EC #EC9FCA

square

#ECE89F #9FECC1 #9FA3EC #EC9FCA

split-complementary

#ECE89F #9FCAEC #C19FEC

monochromatic

#D8D039 #E2DC6C #ECE89F #F6F4D2 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECE89F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#ECE89F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE89F

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE89F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE89F	1.00	1.26	16.61	16.61
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E39A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E6A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece89f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.093 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efbc',
    500: '#ece89f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece89f;
$custom-light: #f3efbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece89f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.883,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9174,
    "c": 0.09281,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE89F

secondary

#676CC8

accent

#20CF17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE89F

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

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