#ECEEA9#ECEEA9

#ECEEA9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.818; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.088 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEEA9
RGB	rgb(236, 238, 169)
HSL	hsl(62, 67%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(62, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 29%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.51, -11.22, 33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.51, 35.12, 108.63°)
OKLab	oklab(93.15% -0.0293 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(93.15% 0.088 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(72.3282, 81.8475, 49.5164)
Luminance	0.8185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEEA9 #ABA9EE

analogous

#EECEA9 #ECEEA9 #CAEEA9

triadic

#ECEEA9 #A9ECEE #EEA9EC

tetradic

#ECEEA9 #A9EECE #ABA9EE #EEA9CA

square

#ECEEA9 #A9EECE #ABA9EE #EEA9CA

split-complementary

#ECEEA9 #A9CAEE #CEA9EE

monochromatic

#D5DA43 #E1E476 #ECEEA9 #F7F8DC #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#ECEEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.37

#ECEEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEEA9

17.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEEA9	1.00	1.21	17.37	17.37
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E8A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAEBAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E6DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eceea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 238, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.088 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f3c3',
    500: '#eceea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eceea9;
$custom-light: #f3f3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eceea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.739,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93145,
    "c": 0.08818,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.81847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEEA9

secondary

#7370CB

accent

#17CF1C

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEEA9

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

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