#ECE8CC#ECE8CC

#ECE8CC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.037 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE8CC
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 204)
HSL	hsl(53, 46%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(53, 14%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 13.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.64, -3.29, 14.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.64, 14.49, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(92.68% -0.0067 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(92.68% 0.037 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(74.3468, 79.9065, 68.6219)
Luminance	0.7991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE8CC #CCD0EC

analogous

#ECD8CC #ECE8CC #E0ECCC

triadic

#ECE8CC #CCECE8 #E8CCEC

tetradic

#ECE8CC #CCECD8 #CCD0EC #ECCCE0

square

#ECE8CC #CCECD8 #CCD0EC #ECCCE0

split-complementary

#ECE8CC #CCE0EC #D8CCEC

monochromatic

#CBC073 #DBD49F #ECE8CC #F7F5E9 #F7F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#ECE8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.98

#ECE8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE8CC

16.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE8CC	1.00	1.24	16.98	16.98
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEE6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1E4E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.037 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efdb',
    500: '#ece8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece8cc;
$custom-light: #f2efdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 45.714,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9268,
    "c": 0.0372,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE8CC

secondary

#949BC8

accent

#3EB92D

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE8CC

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

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