#ECE8A5#ECE8A5

#ECE8A5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.086 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE8A5
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 165)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(57, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 30.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.90, -8.73, 33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.90, 34.29, 104.74°)
OKLab	oklab(91.85% -0.0223 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(91.85% 0.086 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.2407, 78.2640, 46.9963)
Luminance	0.7826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE8A5 #A5A9EC

analogous

#ECC4A5 #ECE8A5 #CCECA5

triadic

#ECE8A5 #A5ECE8 #E8A5EC

tetradic

#ECE8A5 #A5ECC4 #A5A9EC #ECA5CC

square

#ECE8A5 #A5ECC4 #A5A9EC #ECA5CC

split-complementary

#ECE8A5 #A5CCEC #C4A5EC

monochromatic

#D7CE40 #E1DB72 #ECE8A5 #F7F5D8 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECE8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.65

#ECE8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE8A5

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE8A5	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)

#F3E3A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E7A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6DFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.086 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efc0',
    500: '#ece8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece8a5;
$custom-light: #f3efc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.62,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91848,
    "c": 0.08575,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE8A5

secondary

#6D72C8

accent

#23CD19

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE8A5

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

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