#ECEA69#ECEA69

#ECEA69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.150 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEA69
RGB	rgb(236, 234, 105)
HSL	hsl(59, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 55.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.64, -15.64, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.64, 63.59, 104.24°)
OKLab	oklab(91.39% -0.047 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(91.39% 0.15 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.5666, 77.7003, 24.8530)
Luminance	0.7770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEA69 #696BEC

analogous

#ECA969 #ECEA69 #ADEC69

triadic

#ECEA69 #69ECEA #EA69EC

tetradic

#ECEA69 #69ECA9 #696BEC #EC69AD

square

#ECEA69 #69ECA9 #696BEC #EC69AD

split-complementary

#ECEA69 #69ADEC #A969EC

monochromatic

#C2BF19 #E5E233 #ECEA69 #F3F29F #FAF9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECEA69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.54

#ECEA69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEA69

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEA69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEA69	1.00	1.27	16.54	16.54
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE25B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecea69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 234, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.150 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f098',
    500: '#ecea69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecea69;
$custom-light: #f5f098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecea69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 77.515,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91392,
    "c": 0.1504,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEA69

secondary

#393BC0

accent

#0FDA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEA69

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

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