#ECE4C8#ECE4C8

#ECE4C8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.038 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE4C8
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 200)
HSL	hsl(47, 49%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(47, 15%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 15.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.55, -1.86, 14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.55, 14.77, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(91.79% -0.0026 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(91.79% 0.038 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.7601, 77.4908, 65.7566)
Luminance	0.7749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE4C8 #C8D0EC

analogous

#ECD2C8 #ECE4C8 #E2ECC8

triadic

#ECE4C8 #C8ECE4 #E4C8EC

tetradic

#ECE4C8 #C8ECD2 #C8D0EC #ECC8E2

square

#ECE4C8 #C8ECD2 #C8D0EC #ECC8E2

split-complementary

#ECE4C8 #C8E2EC #D2C8EC

monochromatic

#CDB76D #DCCE9B #ECE4C8 #F7F4E8 #F7F4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECE4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#ECE4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE4C8

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE4C8	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAE2C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDE5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.038 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ecd8',
    500: '#ece4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece4c8;
$custom-light: #f2ecd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 48.649,
    "l": 85.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91788,
    "c": 0.03802,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE4C8

secondary

#909CC8

accent

#4ABC2A

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFDFB

border

#D6D5D4

text

#171614

muted

#858483

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE4C8

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

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