#ECE2AB#ECE2AB

#ECE2AB is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.072 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE2AB
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 171)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(51, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 27.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.47, -4.94, 28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.47, 28.61, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(90.75% -0.0112 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(90.75% 0.072 99)
XYZ	xyz(69.1395, 75.1673, 49.3868)
Luminance	0.7517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE2AB #ABB5EC

analogous

#ECC1AB #ECE2AB #D6ECAB

triadic

#ECE2AB #ABECE2 #E2ABEC

tetradic

#ECE2AB #ABECC1 #ABB5EC #ECABD6

square

#ECE2AB #ABECC1 #ABB5EC #ECABD6

split-complementary

#ECE2AB #ABD6EC #C1ABEC

monochromatic

#D5C047 #E1D179 #ECE2AB #F7F3DD #F9F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE2AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#ECE2AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE2AB

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE2AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE2AB	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)

#EDDFA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece2ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.072 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ebc4',
    500: '#ece2ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece2ab;
$custom-light: #f3ebc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece2ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90752,
    "c": 0.07192,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.75166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE2AB

secondary

#7380C9

accent

#36CB1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE2AB

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

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