#ECE995#ECE995

#ECE995 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.105 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE995
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 149)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(58, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 36.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.91, -11.10, 41.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.91, 42.68, 105.07°)
OKLab	oklab(91.77% -0.03 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(91.77% 0.105 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.1567, 78.2821, 39.8948)
Luminance	0.7828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE995 #9598EC

analogous

#ECBD95 #ECE995 #C3EC95

triadic

#ECE995 #95ECE9 #E995EC

tetradic

#ECE995 #95ECBD #9598EC #EC95C3

square

#ECE995 #95ECBD #9598EC #EC95C3

split-complementary

#ECE995 #95C3EC #BD95EC

monochromatic

#D9D32D #E3DE61 #ECE995 #F5F4C9 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECE995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.66

#ECE995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE995

16.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE995	1.00	1.26	16.66	16.66
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E38F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.105 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efb5',
    500: '#ece995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece995;
$custom-light: #f3efb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 69.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91774,
    "c": 0.10538,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE995

secondary

#5E61C7

accent

#1AD214

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE995

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

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