#ECE997#ECE997

#ECE997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.103 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE997
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 151)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(58, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 36%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.94, -10.88, 40.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.94, 41.70, 105.12°)
OKLab	oklab(91.81% -0.0292 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(91.81% 0.103 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.3177, 78.3465, 40.7430)
Luminance	0.7834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE997 #979AEC

analogous

#ECBE97 #ECE997 #C4EC97

triadic

#ECE997 #97ECE9 #E997EC

tetradic

#ECE997 #97ECBE #979AEC #EC97C4

square

#ECE997 #97ECBE #979AEC #EC97C4

split-complementary

#ECE997 #97C4EC #BE97EC

monochromatic

#D9D330 #E3DE63 #ECE997 #F5F4CB #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECE997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#ECE997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE997

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE997	1.00	1.26	16.67	16.67
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.103 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efb6',
    500: '#ece997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece997;
$custom-light: #f3efb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.882,
    "s": 69.106,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91806,
    "c": 0.10313,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE997

secondary

#6063C8

accent

#1BD114

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE997

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

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