#ECDD96#ECDD96

#ECDD96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.092 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD96
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 150)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(50, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.85, -4.96, 36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.85, 37.08, 97.69°)
OKLab	oklab(89.35% -0.0123 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(89.35% 0.092 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.9546, 71.7497, 39.2230)
Luminance	0.7175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD96 #96A5EC

analogous

#ECB296 #ECDD96 #D0EC96

triadic

#ECDD96 #96ECDD #DD96EC

tetradic

#ECDD96 #96ECB2 #96A5EC #EC96D0

square

#ECDD96 #96ECB2 #96A5EC #EC96D0

split-complementary

#ECDD96 #96D0EC #B296EC

monochromatic

#D9BB2E #E3CC62 #ECDD96 #F5EECA #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECDD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#ECDD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD96

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD96	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.092 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e7b5',
    500: '#ecdd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd96;
$custom-light: #f3e7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.535,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89354,
    "c": 0.09156,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD96

secondary

#5F71C7

accent

#35D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD96

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

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