#ECE8A0#ECE8A0

#ECE8A0 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.092 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE8A0
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 160)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(57, 32%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 32.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.82, -9.34, 35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.82, 36.79, 104.70°)
OKLab	oklab(91.76% -0.0243 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(91.76% 0.092 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(69.7945, 78.0855, 44.6462)
Luminance	0.7808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE8A0 #A0A4EC

analogous

#ECC2A0 #ECE8A0 #CAECA0

triadic

#ECE8A0 #A0ECE8 #E8A0EC

tetradic

#ECE8A0 #A0ECC2 #A0A4EC #ECA0CA

square

#ECE8A0 #A0ECC2 #A0A4EC #ECA0CA

split-complementary

#ECE8A0 #A0CAEC #C2A0EC

monochromatic

#D8CF3A #E2DC6D #ECE8A0 #F6F4D3 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECE8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.62

#ECE8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE8A0

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE8A0	1.00	1.26	16.62	16.62
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E6A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.092 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efbc',
    500: '#ece8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece8a0;
$custom-light: #f3efbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91757,
    "c": 0.09164,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE8A0

secondary

#686DC8

accent

#21CF17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE8A0

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

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