#ECE97A#ECE97A

#ECE97A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.134 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE97A
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 122)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 48.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.56, -13.78, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.56, 55.56, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(91.38% -0.04 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(91.38% 0.134 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.2454, 77.5176, 29.8287)
Luminance	0.7752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE97A #7A7DEC

analogous

#ECB07A #ECE97A #B6EC7A

triadic

#ECE97A #7AECE9 #E97AEC

tetradic

#ECE97A #7AECB0 #7A7DEC #EC7AB6

square

#ECE97A #7AECB0 #7A7DEC #EC7AB6

split-complementary

#ECE97A #7AB6EC #B07AEC

monochromatic

#CEC91D #E4E044 #ECE97A #F4F2B0 #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECE97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#ECE97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE97A

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE97A	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE67F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.134 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efa3',
    500: '#ece97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece97a;
$custom-light: #f4efa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.421,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91383,
    "c": 0.13374,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE97A

secondary

#4548C5

accent

#14D70E

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE97A

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

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