#ECE2AE#ECE2AE

#ECE2AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.068 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE2AE
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 174)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(50, 26%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 26.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.53, -4.55, 26.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.53, 27.09, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(90.81% -0.01 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(90.81% 0.068 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.4287, 75.2830, 50.9099)
Luminance	0.7528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE2AE #AEB8EC

analogous

#ECC3AE #ECE2AE #D7ECAE

triadic

#ECE2AE #AEECE2 #E2AEEC

tetradic

#ECE2AE #AEECC3 #AEB8EC #ECAED7

square

#ECE2AE #AEECC3 #AEB8EC #ECAED7

split-complementary

#ECE2AE #AED7EC #C3AEEC

monochromatic

#D5BF4B #E0D07C #ECE2AE #F8F4E0 #F9F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#ECE2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE2AE

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE2AE	1.00	1.31	16.06	16.06
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDFAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE3B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DAD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.068 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ebc6',
    500: '#ece2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece2ae;
$custom-light: #f2ebc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90812,
    "c": 0.06829,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.75282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE2AE

secondary

#7583C9

accent

#38CA1C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE2AE

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

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