#ECE8CA#ECE8CA

#ECE8CA is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.040 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE8CA
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 202)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(53, 14%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 14.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.60, -3.59, 15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.60, 15.52, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(92.63% -0.0075 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(92.63% 0.04 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.1085, 79.8111, 67.3667)
Luminance	0.7981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE8CA #CACEEC

analogous

#ECD7CA #ECE8CA #DFECCA

triadic

#ECE8CA #CAECE8 #E8CAEC

tetradic

#ECE8CA #CAECD7 #CACEEC #ECCADF

square

#ECE8CA #CAECD7 #CACEEC #ECCADF

split-complementary

#ECE8CA #CADFEC #D7CAEC

monochromatic

#CCC170 #DCD49D #ECE8CA #F7F5E8 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#ECE8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#ECE8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE8CA

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE8CA	1.00	1.24	16.96	16.96
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEE6C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2E4DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.040 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efda',
    500: '#ece8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece8ca;
$custom-light: #f2efda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 47.222,
    "l": 85.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92632,
    "c": 0.03978,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE8CA

secondary

#9298C8

accent

#3CBA2B

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE8CA

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

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