#ECE969#ECE969

#ECE969 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.149 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE969
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 105)
HSL	hsl(59, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 55.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.38, -15.15, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.38, 63.19, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(91.19% -0.0456 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(91.19% 0.149 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.2827, 77.1325, 24.7584)
Luminance	0.7713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE969 #696CEC

analogous

#ECA869 #ECE969 #AEEC69

triadic

#ECE969 #69ECE9 #E969EC

tetradic

#ECE969 #69ECA8 #696CEC #EC69AE

square

#ECE969 #69ECA8 #696CEC #EC69AE

split-complementary

#ECE969 #69AEEC #A869EC

monochromatic

#C2BE19 #E5E133 #ECE969 #F3F19F #FAF9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#ECE969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE969

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE969	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.149 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef98',
    500: '#ece969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece969;
$custom-light: #f5ef98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 77.515,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91185,
    "c": 0.14937,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE969

secondary

#393CC0

accent

#10DA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE969

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

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