#ECE8CE#ECE8CE

#ECE8CE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.800; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.035 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE8CE
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 206)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(52, 13%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 12.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.69, -2.97, 13.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.69, 13.47, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(92.73% -0.0059 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(92.73% 0.035 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.5882, 80.0030, 69.8933)
Luminance	0.8000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE8CE #CED2EC

analogous

#ECD9CE #ECE8CE #E1ECCE

triadic

#ECE8CE #CEECE8 #E8CEEC

tetradic

#ECE8CE #CEECD9 #CED2EC #ECCEE1

square

#ECE8CE #CEECD9 #CED2EC #ECCEE1

split-complementary

#ECE8CE #CEE1EC #D9CEEC

monochromatic

#CABF76 #DBD3A2 #ECE8CE #F6F5E9 #F6F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#ECE8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.00

#ECE8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE8CE

17.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE8CE	1.00	1.24	17.00	17.00
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDE6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE8CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1E4E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.035 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efdd',
    500: '#ece8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece8ce;
$custom-light: #f2efdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 44.118,
    "l": 86.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92728,
    "c": 0.03462,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE8CE

secondary

#969DC8

accent

#41B72E

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#171615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE8CE

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

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