#ECD96B#ECD96B

#ECD96B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.132 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD96B
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 107)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 54.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.27, -7.03, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.27, 56.18, 97.19°)
OKLab	oklab(87.92% -0.0222 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(87.92% 0.132 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.0609, 68.5225, 23.8642)
Luminance	0.6852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD96B #6B7EEC

analogous

#EC996B #ECD96B #BEEC6B

triadic

#ECD96B #6BECD9 #D96BEC

tetradic

#ECD96B #6BEC99 #6B7EEC #EC6BBE

square

#ECD96B #6BEC99 #6B7EEC #EC6BBE

split-complementary

#ECD96B #6BBEEC #996BEC

monochromatic

#C4AA19 #E5CB35 #ECD96B #F3E7A1 #FAF5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD96B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#ECD96B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD96B

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD96B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD96B	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.132 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e498',
    500: '#ecd96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd96b;
$custom-light: #f5e498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.163,
    "s": 77.246,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87921,
    "c": 0.13225,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD96B

secondary

#3A4EC2

accent

#2AD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD96B

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

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