#ECEFA9#ECEFA9

#ECEFA9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.824; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.089 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEFA9
RGB	rgb(236, 239, 169)
HSL	hsl(63, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(63, 29%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 29.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.76, -11.72, 33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.76, 35.61, 109.21°)
OKLab	oklab(93.35% -0.0307 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(93.35% 0.089 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(72.6202, 82.4314, 49.6137)
Luminance	0.8243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEFA9 #ACA9EF

analogous

#EFCFA9 #ECEFA9 #C9EFA9

triadic

#ECEFA9 #A9ECEF #EFA9EC

tetradic

#ECEFA9 #A9EFCF #ACA9EF #EFA9C9

square

#ECEFA9 #A9EFCF #ACA9EF #EFA9C9

split-complementary

#ECEFA9 #A9C9EF #CFA9EF

monochromatic

#D5DC42 #E1E575 #ECEFA9 #F7F9DD #F9FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#ECEFA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.49

#ECEFA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEFA9

17.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEFA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEFA9	1.00	1.20	17.49	17.49
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE9A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEBAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E7DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecefa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 239, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.089 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f4c3',
    500: '#ecefa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecefa9;
$custom-light: #f3f4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecefa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.571,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93349,
    "c": 0.08942,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.8243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEFA9

secondary

#7470CD

accent

#15D11D

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEFA9

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

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