#ECE396#ECE396

#ECE396 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.750; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.098 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE396
RGB	rgb(236, 227, 150)
HSL	hsl(54, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(54, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.38, -7.99, 38.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.38, 39.55, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(90.57% -0.021 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(90.57% 0.098 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.5672, 74.9747, 39.7605)
Luminance	0.7497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE396 #969FEC

analogous

#ECB896 #ECE396 #CAEC96

triadic

#ECE396 #96ECE3 #E396EC

tetradic

#ECE396 #96ECB8 #969FEC #EC96CA

square

#ECE396 #96ECB8 #969FEC #EC96CA

split-complementary

#ECE396 #96CAEC #B896EC

monochromatic

#D9C72E #E3D562 #ECE396 #F5F1CA #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.99

#ECE396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE396

15.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE396	1.00	1.31	15.99	15.99
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D9D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 227, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.098 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ebb5',
    500: '#ece396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece396;
$custom-light: #f3ebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.721,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90567,
    "c": 0.09764,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE396

secondary

#5F6AC7

accent

#28D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE396

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

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