#ECE2AF#ECE2AF

#ECE2AF is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.067 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE2AF
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 175)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(50, 26%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 25.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.54, -4.42, 26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.54, 26.59, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(90.83% -0.0096 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(90.83% 0.067 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(69.5265, 75.3221, 51.4252)
Luminance	0.7532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE2AF #AFB9EC

analogous

#ECC3AF #ECE2AF #D7ECAF

triadic

#ECE2AF #AFECE2 #E2AFEC

tetradic

#ECE2AF #AFECC3 #AFB9EC #ECAFD7

square

#ECE2AF #AFECC3 #AFB9EC #ECAFD7

split-complementary

#ECE2AF #AFD7EC #C3AFEC

monochromatic

#D5BE4C #E0D07E #ECE2AF #F8F4E0 #F9F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE2AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#ECE2AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE2AF

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE2AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE2AF	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)

#ECDFAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE3B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece2af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.067 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ebc7',
    500: '#ece2af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece2af;
$custom-light: #f2ebc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece2af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 61.616,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90832,
    "c": 0.06707,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE2AF

secondary

#7684C9

accent

#39C91C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE2AF

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

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