#ECE99C#ECE99C

#ECE99C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.097 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE99C
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 156)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(58, 34%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 33.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.01, -10.31, 37.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.01, 39.23, 105.23°)
OKLab	oklab(91.89% -0.0273 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(91.89% 0.097 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.7324, 78.5124, 42.9271)
Luminance	0.7851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE99C #9C9FEC

analogous

#ECC19C #ECE99C #C7EC9C

triadic

#ECE99C #9CECE9 #E99CEC

tetradic

#ECE99C #9CECC1 #9C9FEC #EC9CC7

square

#ECE99C #9CECC1 #9C9FEC #EC9CC7

split-complementary

#ECE99C #9CC7EC #C19CEC

monochromatic

#D8D235 #E2DE69 #ECE99C #F6F4CF #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECE99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#ECE99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE99C

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE99C	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)

#F5E397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E0D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.097 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efba',
    500: '#ece99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece99c;
$custom-light: #f3efba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.75,
    "s": 67.797,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91891,
    "c": 0.09743,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.78511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE99C

secondary

#6468C8

accent

#1DD016

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE99C

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

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