#ECE196#ECE196

#ECE196 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.739; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.096 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE196
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 150)
HSL	hsl(52, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(52, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.87, -6.98, 38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.87, 38.71, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(90.16% -0.0181 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(90.16% 0.096 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.0233, 73.8871, 39.5793)
Luminance	0.7389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE196 #96A1EC

analogous

#ECB696 #ECE196 #CCEC96

triadic

#ECE196 #96ECE1 #E196EC

tetradic

#ECE196 #96ECB6 #96A1EC #EC96CC

square

#ECE196 #96ECB6 #96A1EC #EC96CC

split-complementary

#ECE196 #96CCEC #B696EC

monochromatic

#D9C32E #E3D262 #ECE196 #F5F0CA #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.78

#ECE196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE196

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE196	1.00	1.33	15.78	15.78
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDC91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.096 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eab5',
    500: '#ece196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece196;
$custom-light: #f3eab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.326,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90162,
    "c": 0.09556,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE196

secondary

#5F6CC7

accent

#2CD114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE196

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

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