#ECE296#ECE296

#ECE296 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.097 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE296
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(53, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.13, -7.49, 38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.13, 39.13, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(90.36% -0.0195 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(90.36% 0.097 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.2945, 74.4293, 39.6696)
Luminance	0.7443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE296 #96A0EC

analogous

#ECB796 #ECE296 #CBEC96

triadic

#ECE296 #96ECE2 #E296EC

tetradic

#ECE296 #96ECB7 #96A0EC #EC96CB

square

#ECE296 #96ECB7 #96A0EC #EC96CB

split-complementary

#ECE296 #96CBEC #B796EC

monochromatic

#D9C52E #E3D462 #ECE296 #F5F0CA #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#ECE296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.89

#ECE296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE296

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE296	1.00	1.32	15.89	15.89
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.097 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ebb5',
    500: '#ece296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece296;
$custom-light: #f3ebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90364,
    "c": 0.0966,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.74428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE296

secondary

#5F6BC7

accent

#2AD114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE296

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

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