#ECE2A2#ECE2A2

#ECE2A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.748; OKLCH L 90.6% C 0.083 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE2A2
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 162)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(52, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 31.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.32, -6.08, 32.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.32, 33.14, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(90.58% -0.0148 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(90.58% 0.083 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(68.3107, 74.8358, 45.0217)
Luminance	0.7483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE2A2 #A2ACEC

analogous

#ECBDA2 #ECE2A2 #D1ECA2

triadic

#ECE2A2 #A2ECE2 #E2A2EC

tetradic

#ECE2A2 #A2ECBD #A2ACEC #ECA2D1

square

#ECE2A2 #A2ECBD #A2ACEC #ECA2D1

split-complementary

#ECE2A2 #A2D1EC #BDA2EC

monochromatic

#D7C23C #E2D26F #ECE2A2 #F6F2D5 #FAF7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#ECE2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.97

#ECE2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE2A2

15.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE2A2	1.00	1.32	15.97	15.97
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDE9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E2A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.6% 0.083 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ebbe',
    500: '#ece2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece2a2;
$custom-light: #f3ebbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 66.071,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90578,
    "c": 0.08269,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE2A2

secondary

#6A77C8

accent

#30CE18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE2A2

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

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