#ECE8A7#ECE8A7

#ECE8A7 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.083 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE8A7
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 167)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(57, 29%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 29.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.93, -8.48, 32.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.93, 33.29, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(91.89% -0.0215 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(91.89% 0.083 105)
XYZ	xyz(70.4241, 78.3374, 47.9625)
Luminance	0.7834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE8A7 #A7ABEC

analogous

#ECC6A7 #ECE8A7 #CEECA7

triadic

#ECE8A7 #A7ECE8 #E8A7EC

tetradic

#ECE8A7 #A7ECC6 #A7ABEC #ECA7CE

square

#ECE8A7 #A7ECC6 #A7ABEC #ECA7CE

split-complementary

#ECE8A7 #A7CEEC #C6A7EC

monochromatic

#D6CE42 #E1DB75 #ECE8A7 #F7F5D9 #FAF8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECE8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.67

#ECE8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE8A7

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE8A7	1.00	1.26	16.67	16.67
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E3A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E7A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6E0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.083 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3efc1',
    500: '#ece8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece8a7;
$custom-light: #f3efc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 64.486,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91886,
    "c": 0.08337,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.78336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE8A7

secondary

#6F74C8

accent

#24CC19

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE8A7

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

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