#ECD996#ECD996

#ECD996 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.088 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD996
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 150)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(47, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.83, -2.92, 35.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.83, 35.53, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(88.55% -0.0064 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(88.55% 0.088 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.9111, 69.6626, 38.8752)
Luminance	0.6966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD996 #96A9EC

analogous

#ECAE96 #ECD996 #D4EC96

triadic

#ECD996 #96ECD9 #D996EC

tetradic

#ECD996 #96ECAE #96A9EC #EC96D4

square

#ECD996 #96ECAE #96A9EC #EC96D4

split-complementary

#ECD996 #96D4EC #AE96EC

monochromatic

#D9B32E #E3C662 #ECD996 #F5ECCA #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECD996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.93

#ECD996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD996

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD996	1.00	1.41	14.93	14.93
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDC98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.088 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e4b5',
    500: '#ecd996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd996;
$custom-light: #f3e4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.744,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8855,
    "c": 0.08787,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD996

secondary

#5F76C7

accent

#3ED114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD996

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

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