#ECE96C#ECE96C

#ECE96C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.147 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE96C
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 108)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 54.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.41, -14.93, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.41, 61.88, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(91.22% -0.0447 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(91.22% 0.147 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.4396, 77.1952, 25.5848)
Luminance	0.7719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE96C #6C6FEC

analogous

#ECA96C #ECE96C #AFEC6C

triadic

#ECE96C #6CECE9 #E96CEC

tetradic

#ECE96C #6CECA9 #6C6FEC #EC6CAF

square

#ECE96C #6CECA9 #6C6FEC #EC6CAF

split-complementary

#ECE96C #6CAFEC #A96CEC

monochromatic

#C4C019 #E5E136 #ECE96C #F3F1A2 #FAF9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#ECE96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE96C

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE96C	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)

#FAE15F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.147 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef9a',
    500: '#ece96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece96c;
$custom-light: #f5ef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.594,
    "s": 77.108,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91217,
    "c": 0.14675,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE96C

secondary

#3A3DC2

accent

#11D90C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE96C

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

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