#ECEB8A#ECEB8A

#ECEB8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.120 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEB8A
RGB	rgb(236, 235, 138)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 41.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.27, -13.25, 47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.27, 48.90, 105.72°)
OKLab	oklab(92.01% -0.037 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(92.01% 0.12 108)
XYZ	xyz(68.8890, 79.0860, 35.6760)
Luminance	0.7909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEB8A #8A8BEC

analogous

#ECBA8A #ECEB8A #BCEC8A

triadic

#ECEB8A #8AECEB #EB8AEC

tetradic

#ECEB8A #8AECBA #8A8BEC #EC8ABC

square

#ECEB8A #8AECBA #8A8BEC #EC8ABC

split-complementary

#ECEB8A #8ABCEC #BA8AEC

monochromatic

#D8D723 #E3E255 #ECEB8A #F5F4BF #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#ECEB8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.82

#ECEB8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEB8A

16.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEB8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEB8A	1.00	1.25	16.82	16.82
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE88E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eceb8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 235, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.120 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f1ae',
    500: '#eceb8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eceb8a;
$custom-light: #f4f1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eceb8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.388,
    "s": 72.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92014,
    "c": 0.11964,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.79085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEB8A

secondary

#5455C7

accent

#13D411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEB8A

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

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