#ECE8BE#ECE8BE

#ECE8BE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.055 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE8BE
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 190)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(55, 19%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 19.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.35, -5.38, 20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.35, 21.65, 104.39°)
OKLab	oklab(92.36% -0.0123 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(92.36% 0.055 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.7425, 79.2648, 60.1728)
Luminance	0.7926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE8BE #BEC2EC

analogous

#ECD1BE #ECE8BE #D9ECBE

triadic

#ECE8BE #BEECE8 #E8BEEC

tetradic

#ECE8BE #BEECD1 #BEC2EC #ECBED9

square

#ECE8BE #BEECD1 #BEC2EC #ECBED9

split-complementary

#ECE8BE #BED9EC #D1BEEC

monochromatic

#D0C65F #DED78F #ECE8BE #F8F7E7 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#ECE8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#ECE8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE8BE

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE8BE	1.00	1.25	16.85	16.85
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3E2DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.055 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efd1',
    500: '#ece8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece8be;
$custom-light: #f2efd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92356,
    "c": 0.05506,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE8BE

secondary

#858BC9

accent

#31C223

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE8BE

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

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