#ECECD8#ECECD8

#ECECD8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.828; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.026 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECECD8
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 216)
HSL	hsl(60, 34%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(60, 8%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.92, -3.41, 9.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.92, 10.28, 109.36°)
OKLab	oklab(93.77% -0.0077 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(93.77% 0.026 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(76.9806, 82.7820, 76.8755)
Luminance	0.8278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECECD8 #D8D8EC

analogous

#ECE2D8 #ECECD8 #E2ECD8

triadic

#ECECD8 #D8ECEC #ECD8EC

tetradic

#ECECD8 #D8ECE2 #D8D8EC #ECD8E2

square

#ECECD8 #D8ECE2 #D8D8EC #ECD8E2

split-complementary

#ECECD8 #D8E2EC #E2D8EC

monochromatic

#C4C486 #D8D8AF #ECECD8 #F5F5EA #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#ECECD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.56

#ECECD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECECD8

17.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECECD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECECD8	1.00	1.20	17.56	17.56
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0EAD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0EBD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFE9E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ececd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.026 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f2e4',
    500: '#ececd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ececd8;
$custom-light: #f2f2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ececd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 34.483,
    "l": 88.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93773,
    "c": 0.02646,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.82782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECECD8

secondary

#A2A2C6

accent

#38AD38

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#161615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECECD8

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

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