#ECD96F#ECD96F

#ECD96F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.129 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD96F
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 111)
HSL	hsl(51, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 53%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.31, -6.72, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.31, 54.35, 97.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.97% -0.0208 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(87.97% 0.129 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.2762, 68.6087, 24.9982)
Luminance	0.6861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD96F #6F82EC

analogous

#EC9A6F #ECD96F #C0EC6F

triadic

#ECD96F #6FECD9 #D96FEC

tetradic

#ECD96F #6FEC9A #6F82EC #EC6FC0

square

#ECD96F #6FEC9A #6F82EC #EC6FC0

split-complementary

#ECD96F #6FC0EC #9A6FEC

monochromatic

#C6AC1A #E5CB39 #ECD96F #F3E7A5 #FAF6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD96F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#ECD96F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD96F

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD96F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD96F	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)

#EAD465

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.129 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4e49b',
    500: '#ecd96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd96f;
$custom-light: #f4e49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.88,
    "s": 76.687,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87969,
    "c": 0.12857,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD96F

secondary

#3B50C4

accent

#2CD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD96F

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

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