#ECE8A4#ECE8A4

#ECE8A4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.087 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE8A4
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 164)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(57, 31%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 30.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.88, -8.85, 33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.88, 34.79, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(91.83% -0.0227 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(91.83% 0.087 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.1500, 78.2278, 46.5188)
Luminance	0.7823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE8A4 #A4A8EC

analogous

#ECC4A4 #ECE8A4 #CCECA4

triadic

#ECE8A4 #A4ECE8 #E8A4EC

tetradic

#ECE8A4 #A4ECC4 #A4A8EC #ECA4CC

square

#ECE8A4 #A4ECC4 #A4A8EC #ECA4CC

split-complementary

#ECE8A4 #A4CCEC #C4A4EC

monochromatic

#D7CE3F #E1DB71 #ECE8A4 #F7F5D7 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECE8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#ECE8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE8A4

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE8A4	1.00	1.26	16.65	16.65
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E39F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E7A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.087 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efbf',
    500: '#ece8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece8a4;
$custom-light: #f3efbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 78.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9183,
    "c": 0.08695,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE8A4

secondary

#6C71C8

accent

#22CD18

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE8A4

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

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