#ECE96D#ECE96D

#ECE96D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.146 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE96D
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 109)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 53.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.42, -14.85, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.42, 61.44, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(91.23% -0.0443 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(91.23% 0.146 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.4931, 77.2167, 25.8667)
Luminance	0.7722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE96D #6D70EC

analogous

#ECAA6D #ECE96D #AFEC6D

triadic

#ECE96D #6DECE9 #E96DEC

tetradic

#ECE96D #6DECAA #6D70EC #EC6DAF

square

#ECE96D #6DECAA #6D70EC #EC6DAF

split-complementary

#ECE96D #6DAFEC #AA6DEC

monochromatic

#C5C11A #E5E137 #ECE96D #F3F1A3 #FAF9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.44

#ECE96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE96D

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE96D	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)

#FAE161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.146 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef9a',
    500: '#ece96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece96d;
$custom-light: #f5ef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 76.97,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91228,
    "c": 0.14586,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE96D

secondary

#3A3EC3

accent

#11D90C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE96D

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

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