#ECE96F#ECE96F

#ECE96F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.773; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.144 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE96F
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 111)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(59, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 53%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.44, -14.69, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.44, 60.55, 104.04°)
OKLab	oklab(91.25% -0.0437 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(91.25% 0.144 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.6020, 77.2602, 26.4402)
Luminance	0.7726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE96F #6F72EC

analogous

#ECAA6F #ECE96F #B0EC6F

triadic

#ECE96F #6FECE9 #E96FEC

tetradic

#ECE96F #6FECAA #6F72EC #EC6FB0

square

#ECE96F #6FECAA #6F72EC #EC6FB0

split-complementary

#ECE96F #6FB0EC #AA6FEC

monochromatic

#C6C21A #E5E139 #ECE96F #F3F1A5 #FAFADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE96F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.45

#ECE96F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE96F

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE96F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE96F	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)

#FAE163

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.144 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ef9c',
    500: '#ece96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece96f;
$custom-light: #f4ef9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.56,
    "s": 76.687,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91251,
    "c": 0.14407,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.77258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE96F

secondary

#3B3EC4

accent

#12D90D

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE96F

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

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