#ECE97C#ECE97C

#ECE97C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.132 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE97C
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 124)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 47.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.58, -13.60, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.58, 54.64, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(91.41% -0.0393 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(91.41% 0.132 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.3706, 77.5676, 30.4880)
Luminance	0.7757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE97C #7C7FEC

analogous

#ECB17C #ECE97C #B7EC7C

triadic

#ECE97C #7CECE9 #E97CEC

tetradic

#ECE97C #7CECB1 #7C7FEC #EC7CB7

square

#ECE97C #7CECB1 #7C7FEC #EC7CB7

split-complementary

#ECE97C #7CB7EC #B17CEC

monochromatic

#D0CB1E #E4E047 #ECE97C #F4F2B1 #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECE97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#ECE97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE97C

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE97C	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)

#F9E272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.132 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efa4',
    500: '#ece97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece97c;
$custom-light: #f4efa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.393,
    "s": 74.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91408,
    "c": 0.13177,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE97C

secondary

#474AC5

accent

#14D70F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE97C

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

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