#ECED96#ECED96

#ECED96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.109 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECED96
RGB	rgb(236, 237, 150)
HSL	hsl(61, 71%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(61, 37%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 36.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.96, -12.97, 42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.96, 44.02, 107.14°)
OKLab	oklab(92.61% -0.0353 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(92.61% 0.109 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(70.3821, 80.6046, 40.6988)
Luminance	0.8060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECED96 #9796ED

analogous

#EDC296 #ECED96 #C0ED96

triadic

#ECED96 #96ECED #ED96EC

tetradic

#ECED96 #96EDC2 #9796ED #ED96C0

square

#ECED96 #96EDC2 #9796ED #ED96C0

split-complementary

#ECED96 #96C0ED #C296ED

monochromatic

#D9DB2E #E3E462 #ECED96 #F5F6CA #FAFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#ECED96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.12

#ECED96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECED96

17.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECED96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECED96	1.00	1.23	17.12	17.12
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eced96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 237, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.109 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f2b6',
    500: '#eced96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eced96;
$custom-light: #f3f2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eced96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.69,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9261,
    "c": 0.10889,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECED96

secondary

#605EC9

accent

#13D315

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECED96

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

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