#ECE991#ECE991

#ECE991 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.110 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE991
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 145)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(58, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 38.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.85, -11.53, 43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.85, 44.63, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(91.71% -0.0315 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(91.71% 0.11 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.8428, 78.1565, 38.2418)
Luminance	0.7815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE991 #9194EC

analogous

#ECBC91 #ECE991 #C2EC91

triadic

#ECE991 #91ECE9 #E991EC

tetradic

#ECE991 #91ECBC #9194EC #EC91C2

square

#ECE991 #91ECBC #9194EC #EC91C2

split-complementary

#ECE991 #91C2EC #BC91EC

monochromatic

#DAD429 #E3DF5D #ECE991 #F5F3C5 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECE991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.63

#ECE991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE991

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE991	1.00	1.26	16.63	16.63
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E38A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.110 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efb2',
    500: '#ece991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece991;
$custom-light: #f3efb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.022,
    "s": 70.543,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9171,
    "c": 0.10982,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE991

secondary

#5A5EC7

accent

#19D313

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE991

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

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