#ECE96E#ECE96E

#ECE96E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.772; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.145 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE96E
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 110)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 53.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.43, -14.77, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.43, 61.00, 104.01°)
OKLab	oklab(91.24% -0.044 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(91.24% 0.145 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.5473, 77.2383, 26.1518)
Luminance	0.7724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE96E #6E71EC

analogous

#ECAA6E #ECE96E #B0EC6E

triadic

#ECE96E #6EECE9 #E96EEC

tetradic

#ECE96E #6EECAA #6E71EC #EC6EB0

square

#ECE96E #6EECAA #6E71EC #EC6EB0

split-complementary

#ECE96E #6EB0EC #AA6EEC

monochromatic

#C6C21A #E5E138 #ECE96E #F3F1A4 #FAF9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#ECE96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE96E

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE96E	1.00	1.28	16.45	16.45
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.145 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef9b',
    500: '#ece96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece96e;
$custom-light: #f5ef9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91239,
    "c": 0.14497,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE96E

secondary

#3B3EC3

accent

#11D90C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE96E

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

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