#ECE98D#ECE98D

#ECE98D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.114 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE98D
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 141)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(58, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 40.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.80, -11.96, 45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.80, 46.57, 104.88°)
OKLab	oklab(91.65% -0.0331 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(91.65% 0.114 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.5398, 78.0353, 36.6459)
Luminance	0.7803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE98D #8D90EC

analogous

#ECBA8D #ECE98D #C0EC8D

triadic

#ECE98D #8DECE9 #E98DEC

tetradic

#ECE98D #8DECBA #8D90EC #EC8DC0

square

#ECE98D #8DECBA #8D90EC #EC8DC0

split-complementary

#ECE98D #8DC0EC #BA8DEC

monochromatic

#DAD424 #E3DF59 #ECE98D #F5F3C1 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECE98D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#ECE98D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE98D

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE98D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE98D	1.00	1.26	16.61	16.61
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E286

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E791

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece98d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.114 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efaf',
    500: '#ece98d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece98d;
$custom-light: #f3efaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece98d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.105,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91648,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE98D

secondary

#565AC7

accent

#18D312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE98D

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

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