#ECE99D#ECE99D

#ECE99D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.096 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE99D
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 157)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 33.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.03, -10.19, 37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.03, 38.74, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(91.91% -0.0269 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(91.91% 0.096 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.8175, 78.5464, 43.3748)
Luminance	0.7854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE99D #9DA0EC

analogous

#ECC29D #ECE99D #C7EC9D

triadic

#ECE99D #9DECE9 #E99DEC

tetradic

#ECE99D #9DECC2 #9DA0EC #EC9DC7

square

#ECE99D #9DECC2 #9DA0EC #EC9DC7

split-complementary

#ECE99D #9DC7EC #C29DEC

monochromatic

#D8D236 #E2DD6A #ECE99D #F6F5D0 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECE99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.71

#ECE99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE99D

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE99D	1.00	1.26	16.71	16.71
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.096 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efba',
    500: '#ece99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece99d;
$custom-light: #f3efba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.722,
    "s": 67.521,
    "l": 77.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91908,
    "c": 0.09628,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE99D

secondary

#6569C8

accent

#1DCF16

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE99D

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

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