#ECECA9#ECECA9

#ECECA9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.086 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECECA9
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 169)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(60, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 28.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.99, -10.22, 32.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.99, 34.16, 107.42°)
OKLab	oklab(92.74% -0.0264 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(92.74% 0.086 108)
XYZ	xyz(71.7492, 80.6895, 49.3234)
Luminance	0.8069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECECA9 #A9A9EC

analogous

#ECCBA9 #ECECA9 #CBECA9

triadic

#ECECA9 #A9ECEC #ECA9EC

tetradic

#ECECA9 #A9ECCB #A9A9EC #ECA9CB

square

#ECECA9 #A9ECCB #A9A9EC #ECA9CB

split-complementary

#ECECA9 #A9CBEC #CBA9EC

monochromatic

#D6D645 #E1E177 #ECECA9 #F7F7DB #F9F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#ECECA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.14

#ECECA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECECA9

17.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECECA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECECA9	1.00	1.23	17.14	17.14
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E6A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E9AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6E4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ececa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.086 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f2c3',
    500: '#ececa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ececa9;
$custom-light: #f3f2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ececa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92737,
    "c": 0.08573,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.80688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECECA9

secondary

#7171C9

accent

#1ACC1A

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECECA9

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

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