#ECD96C#ECD96C

#ECD96C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.131 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD96C
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 108)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 54.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.28, -6.95, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.28, 55.72, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(87.93% -0.0219 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(87.93% 0.131 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(62.1138, 68.5437, 24.1429)
Luminance	0.6854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD96C #6C7FEC

analogous

#EC996C #ECD96C #BFEC6C

triadic

#ECD96C #6CECD9 #D96CEC

tetradic

#ECD96C #6CEC99 #6C7FEC #EC6CBF

square

#ECD96C #6CEC99 #6C7FEC #EC6CBF

split-complementary

#ECD96C #6CBFEC #996CEC

monochromatic

#C4AB19 #E5CB36 #ECD96C #F3E7A2 #FAF5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#ECD96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD96C

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD96C	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD462

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.131 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e499',
    500: '#ecd96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd96c;
$custom-light: #f5e499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 77.108,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87933,
    "c": 0.13135,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD96C

secondary

#3A4EC2

accent

#2BD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD96C

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

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