#ECD796#ECD796

#ECD796 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.086 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD796
RGB	rgb(236, 215, 150)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(45, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.32, -1.90, 34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.32, 34.80, 93.13°)
OKLab	oklab(88.15% -0.0034 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(88.15% 0.086 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.3987, 68.6379, 38.7044)
Luminance	0.6864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD796 #96ABEC

analogous

#ECAC96 #ECD796 #D6EC96

triadic

#ECD796 #96ECD7 #D796EC

tetradic

#ECD796 #96ECAC #96ABEC #EC96D6

square

#ECD796 #96ECAC #96ABEC #EC96D6

split-complementary

#ECD796 #96D6EC #AC96EC

monochromatic

#D9B02E #E3C362 #ECD796 #F5EBCA #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#ECD796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD796

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD796	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CDC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 215, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.086 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e3b5',
    500: '#ecd796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd796;
$custom-light: #f3e3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.349,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8815,
    "c": 0.08616,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD796

secondary

#5F78C7

accent

#42D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD796

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

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