#ECE8BF#ECE8BF

#ECE8BF is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.054 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE8BF
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 191)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(55, 19%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 19.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.37, -5.23, 20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.37, 21.14, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(92.38% -0.0119 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(92.38% 0.054 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.8522, 79.3086, 60.7504)
Luminance	0.7931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE8BF #BFC3EC

analogous

#ECD1BF #ECE8BF #D9ECBF

triadic

#ECE8BF #BFECE8 #E8BFEC

tetradic

#ECE8BF #BFECD1 #BFC3EC #ECBFD9

square

#ECE8BF #BFECD1 #BFC3EC #ECBFD9

split-complementary

#ECE8BF #BFD9EC #D1BFEC

monochromatic

#D0C661 #DED790 #ECE8BF #F8F7E7 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#ECE8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.86

#ECE8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE8BF

16.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE8BF	1.00	1.25	16.86	16.86
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E7C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3E2DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.054 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efd2',
    500: '#ece8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece8bf;
$custom-light: #f2efd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 54.217,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92378,
    "c": 0.0538,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE8BF

secondary

#868CC9

accent

#32C224

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE8BF

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

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