#ECE696#ECE696

#ECE696 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.766; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.101 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE696
RGB	rgb(236, 230, 150)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(56, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.15, -9.49, 39.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.15, 40.85, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(91.18% -0.0253 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(91.18% 0.101 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.3948, 76.6301, 40.0364)
Luminance	0.7663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE696 #969CEC

analogous

#ECBB96 #ECE696 #C7EC96

triadic

#ECE696 #96ECE6 #E696EC

tetradic

#ECE696 #96ECBB #969CEC #EC96C7

square

#ECE696 #96ECBB #969CEC #EC96C7

split-complementary

#ECE696 #96C7EC #BB96EC

monochromatic

#D9CD2E #E3DA62 #ECE696 #F5F2CA #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#ECE696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE696

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE696	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 230, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.101 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3edb6',
    500: '#ece696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece696;
$custom-light: #f3edb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91177,
    "c": 0.1009,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE696

secondary

#5F66C7

accent

#21D114

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE696

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

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