#ECEB99#ECEB99

#ECEB99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.103 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEB99
RGB	rgb(236, 235, 153)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(59, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 35.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.48, -11.65, 39.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.48, 41.63, 106.25°)
OKLab	oklab(92.25% -0.0313 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(92.25% 0.103 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(70.0509, 79.5508, 41.7955)
Luminance	0.7955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEB99 #999AEC

analogous

#ECC299 #ECEB99 #C4EC99

triadic

#ECEB99 #99ECEB #EB99EC

tetradic

#ECEB99 #99ECC2 #999AEC #EC99C4

square

#ECEB99 #99ECC2 #999AEC #EC99C4

split-complementary

#ECEB99 #99C4EC #C299EC

monochromatic

#D9D732 #E2E165 #ECEB99 #F6F5CD #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#ECEB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.91

#ECEB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEB99

16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEB99	1.00	1.24	16.91	16.91
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E1D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eceb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 235, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.103 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f1b8',
    500: '#eceb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eceb99;
$custom-light: #f3f1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eceb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.277,
    "s": 68.595,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92249,
    "c": 0.10318,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEB99

secondary

#6263C8

accent

#17D115

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEB99

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

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