#ECE796#ECE796

#ECE796 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.102 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE796
RGB	rgb(236, 231, 150)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(57, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.41, -9.99, 40.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.41, 41.30, 104.00°)
OKLab	oklab(91.38% -0.0268 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(91.38% 0.102 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.6739, 77.1882, 40.1295)
Luminance	0.7719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE796 #969BEC

analogous

#ECBC96 #ECE796 #C6EC96

triadic

#ECE796 #96ECE7 #E796EC

tetradic

#ECE796 #96ECBC #969BEC #EC96C6

square

#ECE796 #96ECBC #969BEC #EC96C6

split-complementary

#ECE796 #96C6EC #BC96EC

monochromatic

#D9CF2E #E3DB62 #ECE796 #F5F3CA #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#ECE796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE796

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE796	1.00	1.28	16.44	16.44
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 231, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.102 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3eeb6',
    500: '#ece796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece796;
$custom-light: #f3eeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.512,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91381,
    "c": 0.102,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE796

secondary

#5F65C7

accent

#1FD114

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE796

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

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