#E8ECBC#E8ECBC

#E8ECBC is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.063 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8ECBC
RGB	rgb(232, 236, 188)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(65, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 20.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.03, -9.13, 22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.03, 24.64, 111.74°)
OKLab	oklab(92.81% -0.023 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(92.81% 0.063 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.3507, 80.7782, 59.3475)
Luminance	0.8078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8ECBC #C0BCEC

analogous

#ECD8BC #E8ECBC #D0ECBC

triadic

#E8ECBC #BCE8EC #ECBCE8

tetradic

#E8ECBC #BCECD8 #C0BCEC #ECBCD0

square

#E8ECBC #BCECD8 #C0BCEC #ECBCD0

split-complementary

#E8ECBC #BCD0EC #D8BCEC

monochromatic

#C7D15D #D8DE8C #E8ECBC #F7F8E7 #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#E8ECBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.16

#E8ECBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8ECBC

17.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8ECBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8ECBC	1.00	1.22	17.16	17.16
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E7B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EEE6DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ecbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 236, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.063 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eff2d0',
    500: '#e8ecbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ecbc;
$custom-light: #eff2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ecbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92806,
    "c": 0.06276,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8ECBC

secondary

#8983C9

accent

#22C330

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#161614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8ECBC

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

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