#ECEA8A#ECEA8A

#ECEA8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.785; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.119 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEA8A
RGB	rgb(236, 234, 138)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.01, -12.76, 46.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.01, 48.46, 105.26°)
OKLab	oklab(91.81% -0.0356 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(91.81% 0.119 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(68.6035, 78.5150, 35.5809)
Luminance	0.7851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEA8A #8A8CEC

analogous

#ECB98A #ECEA8A #BDEC8A

triadic

#ECEA8A #8AECEA #EA8AEC

tetradic

#ECEA8A #8AECB9 #8A8CEC #EC8ABD

square

#ECEA8A #8AECB9 #8A8CEC #EC8ABD

split-complementary

#ECEA8A #8ABDEC #B98AEC

monochromatic

#D8D523 #E3E155 #ECEA8A #F5F3BF #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECEA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.70

#ECEA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEA8A

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEA8A	1.00	1.26	16.70	16.70
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE78E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9DFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecea8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 234, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.119 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0ad',
    500: '#ecea8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecea8a;
$custom-light: #f4f0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecea8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91808,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEA8A

secondary

#5456C7

accent

#15D411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEA8A

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

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