#ECD96D#ECD96D

#ECD96D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.130 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD96D
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 109)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.29, -6.88, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.29, 55.27, 97.15°)
OKLab	oklab(87.94% -0.0215 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(87.94% 0.13 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.1674, 68.5651, 24.4248)
Luminance	0.6856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD96D #6D80EC

analogous

#EC9A6D #ECD96D #BFEC6D

triadic

#ECD96D #6DECD9 #D96DEC

tetradic

#ECD96D #6DEC9A #6D80EC #EC6DBF

square

#ECD96D #6DEC9A #6D80EC #EC6DBF

split-complementary

#ECD96D #6DBFEC #9A6DEC

monochromatic

#C5AB1A #E5CB37 #ECD96D #F3E7A3 #FAF5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#ECD96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD96D

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD96D	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)

#EAD463

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.130 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e49a',
    500: '#ecd96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd96d;
$custom-light: #f5e49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87944,
    "c": 0.13043,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD96D

secondary

#3A4FC3

accent

#2BD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD96D

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

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