#ECEC91#ECEC91

#ECEC91 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.113 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEC91
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 145)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(60, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 38.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.63, -13.02, 44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.63, 45.98, 106.45°)
OKLab	oklab(92.33% -0.0358 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(92.33% 0.113 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.6993, 79.8695, 38.5273)
Luminance	0.7987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEC91 #9191EC

analogous

#ECBF91 #ECEC91 #BFEC91

triadic

#ECEC91 #91ECEC #EC91EC

tetradic

#ECEC91 #91ECBF #9191EC #EC91BF

square

#ECEC91 #91ECBF #9191EC #EC91BF

split-complementary

#ECEC91 #91BFEC #BF91EC

monochromatic

#DADA29 #E3E35D #ECEC91 #F5F5C5 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#ECEC91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.97

#ECEC91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEC91

16.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEC91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEC91	1.00	1.24	16.97	16.97
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE58A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E2D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecec91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.113 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f2b2',
    500: '#ecec91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecec91;
$custom-light: #f3f2b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecec91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 70.543,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92325,
    "c": 0.11325,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEC91

secondary

#5A5AC7

accent

#13D313

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEC91

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

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