#ECE97F#ECE97F

#ECE97F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.129 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE97F
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 127)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 46%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 46.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.62, -13.33, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.62, 53.24, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(91.45% -0.0382 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(91.45% 0.129 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.5632, 77.6447, 31.5024)
Luminance	0.7764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE97F #7F82EC

analogous

#ECB27F #ECE97F #B8EC7F

triadic

#ECE97F #7FECE9 #E97FEC

tetradic

#ECE97F #7FECB2 #7F82EC #EC7FB8

square

#ECE97F #7FECB2 #7F82EC #EC7FB8

split-complementary

#ECE97F #7FB8EC #B27FEC

monochromatic

#D2CD1F #E4E04A #ECE97F #F4F2B4 #FBFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECE97F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#ECE97F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE97F

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE97F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE97F	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece97f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.129 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efa6',
    500: '#ece97f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece97f;
$custom-light: #f4efa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece97f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.349,
    "s": 74.15,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91448,
    "c": 0.1288,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE97F

secondary

#4A4DC6

accent

#15D60F

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE97F

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

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