#ECE97D#ECE97D

#ECE97D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.131 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE97D
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 125)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 47%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 47%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.59, -13.51, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.59, 54.17, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(91.42% -0.0389 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(91.42% 0.131 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.4342, 77.5931, 30.8228)
Luminance	0.7759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE97D #7D80EC

analogous

#ECB17D #ECE97D #B7EC7D

triadic

#ECE97D #7DECE9 #E97DEC

tetradic

#ECE97D #7DECB1 #7D80EC #EC7DB7

square

#ECE97D #7DECB1 #7D80EC #EC7DB7

split-complementary

#ECE97D #7DB7EC #B17DEC

monochromatic

#D0CB1E #E4E048 #ECE97D #F4F2B2 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECE97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.52

#ECE97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE97D

16.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE97D	1.00	1.27	16.52	16.52
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.131 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efa5',
    500: '#ece97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece97d;
$custom-light: #f4efa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 74.497,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91421,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE97D

secondary

#484BC5

accent

#14D70F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE97D

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

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