#ECDC96#ECDC96

#ECDC96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.091 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDC96
RGB	rgb(236, 220, 150)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.59, -4.45, 36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.59, 36.68, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(89.15% -0.0108 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(89.15% 0.091 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.6914, 71.2232, 39.1353)
Luminance	0.7122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDC96 #96A6EC

analogous

#ECB196 #ECDC96 #D1EC96

triadic

#ECDC96 #96ECDC #DC96EC

tetradic

#ECDC96 #96ECB1 #96A6EC #EC96D1

square

#ECDC96 #96ECB1 #96A6EC #EC96D1

split-complementary

#ECDC96 #96D1EC #B196EC

monochromatic

#D9B92E #E3CB62 #ECDC96 #F5EDCA #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#ECDC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDC96

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDC96	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdc96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 220, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.091 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e6b5',
    500: '#ecdc96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdc96;
$custom-light: #f3e6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdc96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89152,
    "c": 0.09061,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDC96

secondary

#5F72C7

accent

#37D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDC96

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

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