#ECD96E#ECD96E

#ECD96E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD96E
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 110)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 53.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.30, -6.80, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.30, 54.81, 97.12°)
OKLab	oklab(87.96% -0.0212 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(87.96% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.2215, 68.5868, 24.7099)
Luminance	0.6858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD96E #6E81EC

analogous

#EC9A6E #ECD96E #C0EC6E

triadic

#ECD96E #6EECD9 #D96EEC

tetradic

#ECD96E #6EEC9A #6E81EC #EC6EC0

square

#ECD96E #6EEC9A #6E81EC #EC6EC0

split-complementary

#ECD96E #6EC0EC #9A6EEC

monochromatic

#C6AC1A #E5CB38 #ECD96E #F3E7A4 #FAF5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#ECD96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD96E

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD96E	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD464

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e49a',
    500: '#ecd96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd96e;
$custom-light: #f5e49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87956,
    "c": 0.1295,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD96E

secondary

#3B4FC3

accent

#2BD90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD96E

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

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