#ECEE97#ECEE97

#ECEE97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.812; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.109 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEE97
RGB	rgb(236, 238, 151)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(61, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 36.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.23, -13.35, 41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.23, 43.99, 107.67°)
OKLab	oklab(92.83% -0.0363 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(92.83% 0.109 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(70.7533, 81.2176, 41.2215)
Luminance	0.8122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEE97 #9997EE

analogous

#EEC597 #ECEE97 #C1EE97

triadic

#ECEE97 #97ECEE #EE97EC

tetradic

#ECEE97 #97EEC5 #9997EE #EE97C1

square

#ECEE97 #97EEC5 #9997EE #EE97C1

split-complementary

#ECEE97 #97C1EE #C597EE

monochromatic

#D9DD2E #E2E562 #ECEE97 #F6F7CC #FAFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#ECEE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.24

#ECEE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEE97

17.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEE97	1.00	1.22	17.24	17.24
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCEA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E4D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecee97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 238, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.109 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f3b6',
    500: '#ecee97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecee97;
$custom-light: #f3f3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecee97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.379,
    "s": 71.901,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92832,
    "c": 0.10896,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.81216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEE97

secondary

#625FCA

accent

#12D416

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEE97

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

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