#ECE8D4#ECE8D4

#ECE8D4 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.027 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE8D4
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 212)
HSL	hsl(50, 39%, 88%)
HSV	hsv(50, 10%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 10.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.82, -2.02, 10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.82, 10.41, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(92.88% -0.0036 0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(92.88% 0.027 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.3310, 80.3002, 73.8056)
Luminance	0.8030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE8D4 #D4D8EC

analogous

#ECDCD4 #ECE8D4 #E4ECD4

triadic

#ECE8D4 #D4ECE8 #E8D4EC

tetradic

#ECE8D4 #D4ECDC #D4D8EC #ECD4E4

square

#ECE8D4 #D4ECDC #D4D8EC #ECD4E4

split-complementary

#ECE8D4 #D4E4EC #DCD4EC

monochromatic

#C6BB7F #D9D1AA #ECE8D4 #F6F4EA #F6F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#ECE8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.06

#ECE8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE8D4

17.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE8D4	1.00	1.23	17.06	17.06
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECE7D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEE8D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0E5E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.027 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efe1',
    500: '#ece8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece8d4;
$custom-light: #f2efe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 87.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92877,
    "c": 0.02688,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE8D4

secondary

#9DA4C7

accent

#49B234

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#161615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE8D4

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

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