#ECD896#ECD896

#ECD896 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.087 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD896
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 150)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(46, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.58, -2.41, 35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.58, 35.16, 93.93°)
OKLab	oklab(88.35% -0.0049 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(88.35% 0.087 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.6541, 69.1487, 38.7895)
Luminance	0.6915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD896 #96AAEC

analogous

#ECAD96 #ECD896 #D5EC96

triadic

#ECD896 #96ECD8 #D896EC

tetradic

#ECD896 #96ECAD #96AAEC #EC96D5

square

#ECD896 #96ECAD #96AAEC #EC96D5

split-complementary

#ECD896 #96D5EC #AD96EC

monochromatic

#D9B22E #E3C562 #ECD896 #F5EBCA #FAF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECD896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#ECD896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD896

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD896	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.087 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e3b5',
    500: '#ecd896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd896;
$custom-light: #f3e3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8835,
    "c": 0.08701,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD896

secondary

#5F77C7

accent

#40D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD896

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

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