#ECE97B#ECE97B

#ECE97B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.133 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE97B
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 123)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 48%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 47.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.57, -13.69, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.57, 55.10, 104.38°)
OKLab	oklab(91.4% -0.0396 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(91.4% 0.133 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.3077, 77.5425, 30.1567)
Luminance	0.7754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE97B #7B7EEC

analogous

#ECB07B #ECE97B #B6EC7B

triadic

#ECE97B #7BECE9 #E97BEC

tetradic

#ECE97B #7BECB0 #7B7EEC #EC7BB6

square

#ECE97B #7BECB0 #7B7EEC #EC7BB6

split-complementary

#ECE97B #7BB6EC #B07BEC

monochromatic

#CFCA1E #E4E046 #ECE97B #F4F2B0 #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECE97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#ECE97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE97B

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE97B	1.00	1.27	16.51	16.51
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.133 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efa3',
    500: '#ece97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece97b;
$custom-light: #f4efa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.407,
    "s": 74.834,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91395,
    "c": 0.13276,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE97B

secondary

#4649C5

accent

#14D70F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE97B

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

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