#ECE4AA#ECE4AA

#ECE4AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.762; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.075 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE4AA
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 170)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(53, 28%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 28%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.96, -6.08, 29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.96, 29.98, 101.71°)
OKLab	oklab(91.13% -0.0145 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(91.13% 0.075 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(69.5915, 76.2234, 49.0690)
Luminance	0.7622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE4AA #AAB2EC

analogous

#ECC3AA #ECE4AA #D3ECAA

triadic

#ECE4AA #AAECE4 #E4AAEC

tetradic

#ECE4AA #AAECC3 #AAB2EC #ECAAD3

square

#ECE4AA #AAECC3 #AAB2EC #ECAAD3

split-complementary

#ECE4AA #AAD3EC #C3AAEC

monochromatic

#D6C446 #E1D478 #ECE4AA #F7F4DC #F9F7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.24

#ECE4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE4AA

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE4AA	1.00	1.29	16.24	16.24
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE0A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DCD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.075 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ecc3',
    500: '#ece4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece4aa;
$custom-light: #f3ecc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 79.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91134,
    "c": 0.07527,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE4AA

secondary

#727CC9

accent

#30CB1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF9

border

#D6D5D2

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE4AA

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

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