#ECE596#ECE596

#ECE596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.761; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.100 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE596
RGB	rgb(236, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(55, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(55, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.89, -8.99, 39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.89, 40.42, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(90.97% -0.0239 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(90.97% 0.1 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.1174, 76.0751, 39.9439)
Luminance	0.7607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE596 #969DEC

analogous

#ECBA96 #ECE596 #C8EC96

triadic

#ECE596 #96ECE5 #E596EC

tetradic

#ECE596 #96ECBA #969DEC #EC96C8

square

#ECE596 #96ECBA #969DEC #EC96C8

split-complementary

#ECE596 #96C8EC #BA96EC

monochromatic

#D9CB2E #E3D862 #ECE596 #F5F2CA #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#ECE596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.21

#ECE596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE596

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE596	1.00	1.30	16.21	16.21
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.100 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3edb6',
    500: '#ece596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece596;
$custom-light: #f3edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.116,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90974,
    "c": 0.0998,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.76073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE596

secondary

#5F67C7

accent

#24D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE596

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

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