#ECE99E#ECE99E

#ECE99E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.786; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.095 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE99E
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 158)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(58, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 33.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.04, -10.07, 36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.04, 38.24, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(91.93% -0.0265 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(91.93% 0.095 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.9032, 78.5807, 43.8263)
Luminance	0.7858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE99E #9EA1EC

analogous

#ECC29E #ECE99E #C8EC9E

triadic

#ECE99E #9EECE9 #E99EEC

tetradic

#ECE99E #9EECC2 #9EA1EC #EC9EC8

square

#ECE99E #9EECC2 #9EA1EC #EC9EC8

split-complementary

#ECE99E #9EC8EC #C29EEC

monochromatic

#D8D238 #E2DD6B #ECE99E #F6F5D1 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECE99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.72

#ECE99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE99E

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE99E	1.00	1.26	16.72	16.72
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.095 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efbb',
    500: '#ece99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece99e;
$custom-light: #f3efbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91926,
    "c": 0.09513,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.78579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE99E

secondary

#666AC8

accent

#1DCF16

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE99E

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

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