#ECE8BC#ECE8BC

#ECE8BC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.058 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE8BC
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 188)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(55, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 20.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.31, -5.66, 21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.31, 22.66, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(92.31% -0.0131 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(92.31% 0.058 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.5254, 79.1779, 59.0295)
Luminance	0.7918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE8BC #BCC0EC

analogous

#ECD0BC #ECE8BC #D8ECBC

triadic

#ECE8BC #BCECE8 #E8BCEC

tetradic

#ECE8BC #BCECD0 #BCC0EC #ECBCD8

square

#ECE8BC #BCECD0 #BCC0EC #ECBCD8

split-complementary

#ECE8BC #BCD8EC #D0BCEC

monochromatic

#D1C75D #DED88C #ECE8BC #F8F7E7 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#ECE8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.84

#ECE8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE8BC

16.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE8BC	1.00	1.25	16.84	16.84
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E5B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E2DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.058 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efd0',
    500: '#ece8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece8bc;
$custom-light: #f2efd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92312,
    "c": 0.05758,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE8BC

secondary

#8389C9

accent

#30C322

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE8BC

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

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