#ECFA9D#ECFA9D

#ECFA9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.886; OKLCH L 95.4% C 0.117 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECFA9D
RGB	rgb(236, 250, 157)
HSL	hsl(69, 90%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(69, 37%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 37.2%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.43, -18.54, 43.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.43, 46.90, 113.29°)
OKLab	oklab(95.41% -0.0507 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(95.41% 0.117 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(74.8638, 88.6391, 45.0570)
Luminance	0.8864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECFA9D #AB9DFA

analogous

#FAD99D #ECFA9D #BEFA9D

triadic

#ECFA9D #9DECFA #FA9DEC

tetradic

#ECFA9D #9DFAD9 #AB9DFA #FA9DBE

square

#ECFA9D #9DFAD9 #AB9DFA #FA9DBE

split-complementary

#ECFA9D #9DBEFA #D99DFA

monochromatic

#D5F429 #E1F763 #ECFA9D #F7FDD7 #F9FEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.12

#ECFA9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.73

#ECFA9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECFA9D

18.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECFA9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECFA9D	1.00	1.12	18.73	18.73
#FFFFFF	1.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF3A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6F0E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F2F2F2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecfa9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 250, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.4% 0.117 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3fbbb',
    500: '#ecfa9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecfa9d;
$custom-light: #f3fbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecfa9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.032,
    "s": 90.291,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95408,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.88638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECFA9D

secondary

#7360DB

accent

#00E623

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFFF8

border

#D6D7D1

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECFA9D

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

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