#ECDF96#ECDF96

#ECDF96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.094 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDF96
RGB	rgb(236, 223, 150)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(51, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.36, -5.97, 37.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.36, 37.88, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(89.76% -0.0152 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(89.76% 0.094 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.4858, 72.8121, 39.4001)
Luminance	0.7281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDF96 #96A3EC

analogous

#ECB496 #ECDF96 #CEEC96

triadic

#ECDF96 #96ECDF #DF96EC

tetradic

#ECDF96 #96ECB4 #96A3EC #EC96CE

square

#ECDF96 #96ECB4 #96A3EC #EC96CE

split-complementary

#ECDF96 #96CEEC #B496EC

monochromatic

#D9BF2E #E3CF62 #ECDF96 #F5EFCA #FAF7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECDF96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#ECDF96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDF96

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDF96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDF96	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDB91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdf96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 223, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.094 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e8b5',
    500: '#ecdf96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdf96;
$custom-light: #f3e8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdf96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.93,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89757,
    "c": 0.09352,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDF96

secondary

#5F6FC7

accent

#31D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDF96

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

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