#ECE99A#ECE99A

#ECE99A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.784; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.100 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE99A
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 154)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(58, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 34.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.98, -10.54, 38.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.98, 40.22, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(91.86% -0.0281 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(91.86% 0.1 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.5645, 78.4452, 42.0425)
Luminance	0.7844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE99A #9A9DEC

analogous

#ECC09A #ECE99A #C6EC9A

triadic

#ECE99A #9AECE9 #E99AEC

tetradic

#ECE99A #9AECC0 #9A9DEC #EC9AC6

square

#ECE99A #9AECC0 #9A9DEC #EC9AC6

split-complementary

#ECE99A #9AC6EC #C09AEC

monochromatic

#D9D333 #E2DE66 #ECE99A #F6F4CE #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECE99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.69

#ECE99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE99A

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE99A	1.00	1.26	16.69	16.69
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.100 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efb8',
    500: '#ece99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece99a;
$custom-light: #f3efb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.805,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91857,
    "c": 0.09972,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE99A

secondary

#6266C8

accent

#1CD015

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE99A

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

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