#ECEC8D#ECEC8D

#ECEC8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.118 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEC8D
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 141)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(60, 40%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 40.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.57, -13.44, 45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.57, 47.91, 106.29°)
OKLab	oklab(92.26% -0.0373 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(92.26% 0.118 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.3963, 79.7483, 36.9314)
Luminance	0.7975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEC8D #8D8DEC

analogous

#ECBD8D #ECEC8D #BDEC8D

triadic

#ECEC8D #8DECEC #EC8DEC

tetradic

#ECEC8D #8DECBD #8D8DEC #EC8DBD

square

#ECEC8D #8DECBD #8D8DEC #EC8DBD

split-complementary

#ECEC8D #8DBDEC #BD8DEC

monochromatic

#DADA24 #E3E359 #ECEC8D #F5F5C1 #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#ECEC8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95

#ECEC8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEC8D

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEC8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEC8D	1.00	1.24	16.95	16.95
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecec8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.118 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f2b0',
    500: '#ecec8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecec8d;
$custom-light: #f3f2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecec8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92264,
    "c": 0.11758,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEC8D

secondary

#5656C7

accent

#12D312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEC8D

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

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