#ECE8D0#ECE8D0

#ECE8D0 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.801; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.032 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE8D0
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 208)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(51, 12%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 11.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.73, -2.66, 12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.73, 12.45, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(92.78% -0.0051 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(92.78% 0.032 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(74.8327, 80.1008, 71.1811)
Luminance	0.8010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE8D0 #D0D4EC

analogous

#ECDAD0 #ECE8D0 #E2ECD0

triadic

#ECE8D0 #D0ECE8 #E8D0EC

tetradic

#ECE8D0 #D0ECDA #D0D4EC #ECD0E2

square

#ECE8D0 #D0ECDA #D0D4EC #ECD0E2

split-complementary

#ECE8D0 #D0E2EC #DAD0EC

monochromatic

#C9BD79 #DAD3A4 #ECE8D0 #F6F4E9 #F6F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#ECE8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.02

#ECE8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE8D0

17.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE8D0	1.00	1.23	17.02	17.02
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDE6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEE8D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1E4E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.032 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efde',
    500: '#ece8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece8d0;
$custom-light: #f2efde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 87.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92777,
    "c": 0.03204,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE8D0

secondary

#999FC8

accent

#43B630

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#171615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE8D0

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

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