#ECE98B#ECE98B

#ECE98B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.116 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE98B
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 139)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 41.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.77, -12.16, 45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.77, 47.54, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(91.62% -0.0338 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(91.62% 0.116 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.3924, 77.9763, 35.8693)
Luminance	0.7798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE98B #8B8EEC

analogous

#ECB88B #ECE98B #BEEC8B

triadic

#ECE98B #8BECE9 #E98BEC

tetradic

#ECE98B #8BECB8 #8B8EEC #EC8BBE

square

#ECE98B #8BECB8 #8B8EEC #EC8BBE

split-complementary

#ECE98B #8BBEEC #B88BEC

monochromatic

#D9D324 #E3DF56 #ECE98B #F5F3C0 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECE98B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.60

#ECE98B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE98B

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE98B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE98B	1.00	1.27	16.60	16.60
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E68F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece98b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.116 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efae',
    500: '#ece98b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece98b;
$custom-light: #f3efae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece98b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.144,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91618,
    "c": 0.11633,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE98B

secondary

#5558C7

accent

#18D412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE98B

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

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