#ECE8A3#ECE8A3

#ECE8A3 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.088 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE8A3
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 163)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(57, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 30.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.87, -8.97, 34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.87, 35.29, 104.73°)
OKLab	oklab(91.81% -0.0231 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(91.81% 0.088 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(70.0601, 78.1918, 46.0451)
Luminance	0.7819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE8A3 #A3A7EC

analogous

#ECC3A3 #ECE8A3 #CBECA3

triadic

#ECE8A3 #A3ECE8 #E8A3EC

tetradic

#ECE8A3 #A3ECC3 #A3A7EC #ECA3CB

square

#ECE8A3 #A3ECC3 #A3A7EC #ECA3CB

split-complementary

#ECE8A3 #A3CBEC #C3A3EC

monochromatic

#D7CF3E #E2DB70 #ECE8A3 #F6F5D6 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECE8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#ECE8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE8A3

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE8A3	1.00	1.26	16.64	16.64
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E39E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E6A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.088 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efbf',
    500: '#ece8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece8a3;
$custom-light: #f3efbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.712,
    "s": 65.766,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91812,
    "c": 0.08812,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE8A3

secondary

#6B70C8

accent

#22CE18

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE8A3

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

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