#ECDB96#ECDB96

#ECDB96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.090 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDB96
RGB	rgb(236, 219, 150)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(48, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.34, -3.94, 36.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.34, 36.29, 96.24°)
OKLab	oklab(88.95% -0.0093 0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(88.95% 0.09 96)
XYZ	xyz(65.4297, 70.6999, 39.0481)
Luminance	0.7070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDB96 #96A7EC

analogous

#ECB096 #ECDB96 #D2EC96

triadic

#ECDB96 #96ECDB #DB96EC

tetradic

#ECDB96 #96ECB0 #96A7EC #EC96D2

square

#ECDB96 #96ECB0 #96A7EC #EC96D2

split-complementary

#ECDB96 #96D2EC #B096EC

monochromatic

#D9B72E #E3C962 #ECDB96 #F5EDCA #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.14

#ECDB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDB96

15.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDB96	1.00	1.39	15.14	15.14
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDD98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 219, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.090 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e6b5',
    500: '#ecdb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdb96;
$custom-light: #f3e6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.14,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88951,
    "c": 0.08968,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.70698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDB96

secondary

#5F73C7

accent

#3AD114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDB96

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

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