#ECE8D6#ECE8D6

#ECE8D6 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.804; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.024 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE8D6
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 214)
HSL	hsl(49, 37%, 88%)
HSV	hsv(49, 9%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 9.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.86, -1.70, 9.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.86, 9.39, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(92.93% -0.0028 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(92.93% 0.024 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(75.5849, 80.4017, 75.1425)
Luminance	0.8040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE8D6 #D6DAEC

analogous

#ECDDD6 #ECE8D6 #E5ECD6

triadic

#ECE8D6 #D6ECE8 #E8D6EC

tetradic

#ECE8D6 #D6ECDD #D6DAEC #ECD6E5

square

#ECE8D6 #D6ECDD #D6DAEC #ECD6E5

split-complementary

#ECE8D6 #D6E5EC #DDD6EC

monochromatic

#C5B982 #D9D1AC #ECE8D6 #F5F3EA #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#ECE8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.08

#ECE8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE8D6

17.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE8D6	1.00	1.23	17.08	17.08
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECE7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDE8D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0E5E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.024 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efe2',
    500: '#ece8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece8d6;
$custom-light: #f2efe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 36.667,
    "l": 88.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92928,
    "c": 0.02429,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.80401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE8D6

secondary

#A0A7C7

accent

#4CB036

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#161615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE8D6

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

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