#ECECA5#ECECA5

#ECECA5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.090 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECECA5
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 165)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(60, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 30.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.93, -10.72, 34.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.93, 36.16, 107.25°)
OKLab	oklab(92.66% -0.028 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(92.66% 0.09 108)
XYZ	xyz(71.3794, 80.5415, 47.3759)
Luminance	0.8054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECECA5 #A5A5EC

analogous

#ECC8A5 #ECECA5 #C8ECA5

triadic

#ECECA5 #A5ECEC #ECA5EC

tetradic

#ECECA5 #A5ECC8 #A5A5EC #ECA5C8

square

#ECECA5 #A5ECC8 #A5A5EC #ECA5C8

split-complementary

#ECECA5 #A5C8EC #C8A5EC

monochromatic

#D7D740 #E1E172 #ECECA5 #F7F7D8 #FAFAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#ECECA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.11

#ECECA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECECA5

17.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECECA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECECA5	1.00	1.23	17.11	17.11
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E6A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E9A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6E3DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ececa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.090 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f2c0',
    500: '#ececa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ececa5;
$custom-light: #f3f2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ececa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92663,
    "c": 0.09048,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.8054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECECA5

secondary

#6D6DC8

accent

#19CD19

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECECA5

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

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