#ECE2AC#ECE2AC

#ECE2AC is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.752; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.071 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE2AC
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 172)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(51, 27%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 27.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.49, -4.81, 27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.49, 28.11, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(90.77% -0.0108 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(90.77% 0.071 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(69.2352, 75.2056, 49.8907)
Luminance	0.7520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE2AC #ACB6EC

analogous

#ECC2AC #ECE2AC #D6ECAC

triadic

#ECE2AC #ACECE2 #E2ACEC

tetradic

#ECE2AC #ACECC2 #ACB6EC #ECACD6

square

#ECE2AC #ACECC2 #ACB6EC #ECACD6

split-complementary

#ECE2AC #ACD6EC #C2ACEC

monochromatic

#D5BF48 #E1D17A #ECE2AC #F7F3DE #F9F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.04

#ECE2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE2AC

16.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE2AC	1.00	1.31	16.04	16.04
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDFA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DAD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.071 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ebc5',
    500: '#ece2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece2ac;
$custom-light: #f2ebc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90772,
    "c": 0.07072,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.75204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE2AC

secondary

#7481C9

accent

#36CA1B

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE2AC

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

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