#ECE2B2#ECE2B2

#ECE2B2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.754; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.063 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE2B2
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 178)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(50, 25%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 24.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.60, -4.01, 24.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.60, 25.07, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(90.9% -0.0084 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(90.9% 0.063 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.8244, 75.4413, 52.9942)
Luminance	0.7544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE2B2 #B2BCEC

analogous

#ECC5B2 #ECE2B2 #D9ECB2

triadic

#ECE2B2 #B2ECE2 #E2B2EC

tetradic

#ECE2B2 #B2ECC5 #B2BCEC #ECB2D9

square

#ECE2B2 #B2ECC5 #B2BCEC #ECB2D9

split-complementary

#ECE2B2 #B2D9EC #C5B2EC

monochromatic

#D4BD50 #E0D081 #ECE2B2 #F8F4E3 #F9F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.09

#ECE2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE2B2

16.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE2B2	1.00	1.31	16.09	16.09
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDFAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE3B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5DBD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.063 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ebc9',
    500: '#ece2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece2b2;
$custom-light: #f2ebc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90895,
    "c": 0.0634,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.7544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE2B2

secondary

#7987C9

accent

#3BC81D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171613

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE2B2

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

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