#ECE99B#ECE99B

#ECE99B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.099 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE99B
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 155)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(58, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 34.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.00, -10.42, 38.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.00, 39.73, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(91.87% -0.0277 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(91.87% 0.099 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.6481, 78.4787, 42.4829)
Luminance	0.7848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE99B #9B9EEC

analogous

#ECC19B #ECE99B #C7EC9B

triadic

#ECE99B #9BECE9 #E99BEC

tetradic

#ECE99B #9BECC1 #9B9EEC #EC9BC7

square

#ECE99B #9BECC1 #9B9EEC #EC9BC7

split-complementary

#ECE99B #9BC7EC #C19BEC

monochromatic

#D8D234 #E2DE68 #ECE99B #F6F4CE #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECE99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#ECE99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE99B

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE99B	1.00	1.26	16.70	16.70
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.099 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efb9',
    500: '#ece99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece99b;
$custom-light: #f3efb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91874,
    "c": 0.09859,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE99B

secondary

#6367C8

accent

#1CD016

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE99B

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

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