#ECE96A#ECE96A

#ECE96A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.148 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE96A
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 106)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 55.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.39, -15.08, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.39, 62.75, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(91.2% -0.0453 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(91.2% 0.149 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.3344, 77.1532, 25.0306)
Luminance	0.7715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE96A #6A6DEC

analogous

#ECA86A #ECE96A #AEEC6A

triadic

#ECE96A #6AECE9 #E96AEC

tetradic

#ECE96A #6AECA8 #6A6DEC #EC6AAE

square

#ECE96A #6AECA8 #6A6DEC #EC6AAE

split-complementary

#ECE96A #6AAEEC #A86AEC

monochromatic

#C3BF19 #E5E134 #ECE96A #F3F1A0 #FAF9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.43

#ECE96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE96A

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE96A	1.00	1.28	16.43	16.43
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE15D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.148 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef99',
    500: '#ece96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece96a;
$custom-light: #f5ef99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91195,
    "c": 0.1485,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.77151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE96A

secondary

#393CC1

accent

#11DA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE96A

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

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