#ECEC8F#ECEC8F

#ECEC8F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.115 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEC8F
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 143)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(60, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 39.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.60, -13.23, 45.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.60, 46.95, 106.37°)
OKLab	oklab(92.3% -0.0365 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(92.3% 0.115 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.5465, 79.8084, 37.7222)
Luminance	0.7981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEC8F #8F8FEC

analogous

#ECBE8F #ECEC8F #BEEC8F

triadic

#ECEC8F #8FECEC #EC8FEC

tetradic

#ECEC8F #8FECBE #8F8FEC #EC8FBE

square

#ECEC8F #8FECBE #8F8FEC #EC8FBE

split-complementary

#ECEC8F #8FBEEC #BE8FEC

monochromatic

#DADA26 #E3E35B #ECEC8F #F5F5C3 #FBFBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#ECEC8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#ECEC8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEC8F

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEC8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEC8F	1.00	1.24	16.96	16.96
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E1D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecec8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.115 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f2b1',
    500: '#ecec8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecec8f;
$custom-light: #f3f2b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecec8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 70.992,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92295,
    "c": 0.11542,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEC8F

secondary

#5858C7

accent

#12D312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEC8F

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

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