#ECED99#ECED99

#ECED99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.106 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECED99
RGB	rgb(236, 237, 153)
HSL	hsl(61, 70%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(61, 35%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 35.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.00, -12.64, 40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.00, 42.55, 107.28°)
OKLab	oklab(92.66% -0.0341 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(92.66% 0.106 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.6267, 80.7024, 41.9874)
Luminance	0.8070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECED99 #9A99ED

analogous

#EDC499 #ECED99 #C2ED99

triadic

#ECED99 #99ECED #ED99EC

tetradic

#ECED99 #99EDC4 #9A99ED #ED99C2

square

#ECED99 #99EDC4 #9A99ED #ED99C2

split-complementary

#ECED99 #99C2ED #C499ED

monochromatic

#D9DB31 #E2E465 #ECED99 #F6F6CD #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#ECED99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.14

#ECED99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECED99

17.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECED99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECED99	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)

#FAE693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E3D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eced99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 237, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.106 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f2b8',
    500: '#eced99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eced99;
$custom-light: #f3f2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eced99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.714,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92659,
    "c": 0.10553,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECED99

secondary

#6261C9

accent

#14D216

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECED99

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

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