#ECE996#ECE996

#ECE996 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.104 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE996
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 150)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(58, 36%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 36.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.92, -10.99, 40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.92, 42.19, 105.10°)
OKLab	oklab(91.79% -0.0296 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(91.79% 0.104 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.2369, 78.3142, 40.3171)
Luminance	0.7831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE996 #9699EC

analogous

#ECBE96 #ECE996 #C4EC96

triadic

#ECE996 #96ECE9 #E996EC

tetradic

#ECE996 #96ECBE #9699EC #EC96C4

square

#ECE996 #96ECBE #9699EC #EC96C4

split-complementary

#ECE996 #96C4EC #BE96EC

monochromatic

#D9D32E #E3DE62 #ECE996 #F5F4CA #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECE996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.66

#ECE996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE996

16.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE996	1.00	1.26	16.66	16.66
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.104 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efb6',
    500: '#ece996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece996;
$custom-light: #f3efb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.907,
    "s": 69.355,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9179,
    "c": 0.10426,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE996

secondary

#5F62C7

accent

#1BD114

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE996

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

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