#ECE8DC#ECE8DC

#ECE8DC is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.017 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE8DC
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 220)
HSL	hsl(45, 30%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(45, 7%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 6.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.00, -0.71, 6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.00, 6.35, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(93.08% -0.0004 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(93.08% 0.017 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(76.3653, 80.7139, 79.2526)
Luminance	0.8071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE8DC #DCE0EC

analogous

#ECE0DC #ECE8DC #E8ECDC

triadic

#ECE8DC #DCECE8 #E8DCEC

tetradic

#ECE8DC #DCECE0 #DCE0EC #ECDCE8

square

#ECE8DC #DCECE0 #DCE0EC #ECDCE8

split-complementary

#ECE8DC #DCE8EC #E0DCEC

monochromatic

#C1B48D #D6CEB4 #ECE8DC #F4F2EB #F4F2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#ECE8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.14

#ECE8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE8DC

17.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE8DC	1.00	1.23	17.14	17.14
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBE7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECE9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFE6E4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.017 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2efe6',
    500: '#ece8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece8dc;
$custom-light: #f2efe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 29.63,
    "l": 89.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93083,
    "c": 0.01658,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.80713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE8DC

secondary

#A7AFC5

accent

#58A83D

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#161616

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE8DC

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

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