#ECE8BB#ECE8BB

#ECE8BB is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.059 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE8BB
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 187)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(55, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 20.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.30, -5.81, 22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.30, 23.17, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(92.29% -0.0135 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(92.29% 0.059 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.4180, 79.1350, 58.4637)
Luminance	0.7913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE8BB #BBBFEC

analogous

#ECCFBB #ECE8BB #D7ECBB

triadic

#ECE8BB #BBECE8 #E8BBEC

tetradic

#ECE8BB #BBECCF #BBBFEC #ECBBD7

square

#ECE8BB #BBECCF #BBBFEC #ECBBD7

split-complementary

#ECE8BB #BBD7EC #CFBBEC

monochromatic

#D1C85B #DFD88B #ECE8BB #F8F7E7 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#ECE8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.83

#ECE8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE8BB

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE8BB	1.00	1.25	16.83	16.83
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E5B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E2DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.059 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efcf',
    500: '#ece8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece8bb;
$custom-light: #f2efcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92291,
    "c": 0.05884,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE8BB

secondary

#8288C9

accent

#2FC422

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE8BB

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

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