#ECE896#ECE896

#ECE896 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.777; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.103 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE896
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 150)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(57, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.67, -10.49, 40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.67, 41.74, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(91.59% -0.0282 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(91.59% 0.103 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.9546, 77.7496, 40.2230)
Luminance	0.7775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE896 #969AEC

analogous

#ECBD96 #ECE896 #C5EC96

triadic

#ECE896 #96ECE8 #E896EC

tetradic

#ECE896 #96ECBD #969AEC #EC96C5

square

#ECE896 #96ECBD #969AEC #EC96C5

split-complementary

#ECE896 #96C5EC #BD96EC

monochromatic

#D9D12E #E3DD62 #ECE896 #F5F3CA #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECE896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.55

#ECE896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE896

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE896	1.00	1.27	16.55	16.55
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.103 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efb6',
    500: '#ece896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece896;
$custom-light: #f3efb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91586,
    "c": 0.10313,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE896

secondary

#5F64C7

accent

#1DD114

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE896

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

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