#ECE2AA#ECE2AA

#ECE2AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.7% C 0.073 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE2AA
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 170)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(51, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 28%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.45, -5.07, 28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.45, 29.12, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(90.73% -0.0116 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(90.73% 0.073 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(69.0445, 75.1293, 48.8867)
Luminance	0.7513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE2AA #AAB4EC

analogous

#ECC1AA #ECE2AA #D5ECAA

triadic

#ECE2AA #AAECE2 #E2AAEC

tetradic

#ECE2AA #AAECC1 #AAB4EC #ECAAD5

square

#ECE2AA #AAECC1 #AAB4EC #ECAAD5

split-complementary

#ECE2AA #AAD5EC #C1AAEC

monochromatic

#D6C046 #E1D178 #ECE2AA #F7F3DC #F9F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#ECE2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE2AA

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE2AA	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDEA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.7% 0.073 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ebc3',
    500: '#ece2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece2aa;
$custom-light: #f3ebc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90732,
    "c": 0.07313,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE2AA

secondary

#727FC9

accent

#35CB1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE2AA

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

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