#ECF596#ECF596

#ECF596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.853; OKLCH L 94.3% C 0.119 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECF596
RGB	rgb(236, 245, 150)
HSL	hsl(66, 83%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(66, 39%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 38.8%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.03, -16.90, 44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.03, 47.80, 110.70°)
OKLab	oklab(94.26% -0.0465 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(94.26% 0.119 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(72.7501, 85.3407, 41.4882)
Luminance	0.8534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#ECF596 #9F96F5

analogous

#F5CE96 #ECF596 #BDF596

triadic

#ECF596 #96ECF5 #F596EC

tetradic

#ECF596 #96F5CE #9F96F5 #F596BD

square

#ECF596 #96F5CE #9F96F5 #F596BD

split-complementary

#ECF596 #96BDF5 #CE96F5

monochromatic

#D8EA26 #E2F05E #ECF596 #F6FACE #FAFCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.16

#ECF596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.07

#ECF596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECF596

18.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECF596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECF596	1.00	1.16	18.07	18.07
#FFFFFF	1.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFED8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7EBDE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EEEEEE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecf596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 245, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.3% 0.119 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f8b6',
    500: '#ecf596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecf596;
$custom-light: #f3f8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecf596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 245,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.684,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94261,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.8534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECF596

secondary

#675CD3

accent

#06DF1B

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171711

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECF596

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

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