#ECEC8B#ECEC8B

#ECEC8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.120 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEC8B
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 139)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(60, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 41.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.55, -13.64, 46.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.55, 48.87, 106.21°)
OKLab	oklab(92.24% -0.038 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(92.24% 0.12 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.2488, 79.6893, 36.1548)
Luminance	0.7969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEC8B #8B8BEC

analogous

#ECBB8B #ECEC8B #BBEC8B

triadic

#ECEC8B #8BECEC #EC8BEC

tetradic

#ECEC8B #8BECBB #8B8BEC #EC8BBB

square

#ECEC8B #8BECBB #8B8BEC #EC8BBB

split-complementary

#ECEC8B #8BBBEC #BB8BEC

monochromatic

#D9D924 #E3E356 #ECEC8B #F5F5C0 #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#ECEC8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#ECEC8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEC8B

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEC8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEC8B	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE98F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecec8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.120 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f2ae',
    500: '#ecec8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecec8b;
$custom-light: #f3f2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecec8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.852,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92235,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEC8B

secondary

#5555C7

accent

#12D412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEC8B

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

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