#ECEDA5#ECEDA5

#ECEDA5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.811; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.092 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEDA5
RGB	rgb(236, 237, 165)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(61, 30%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 30.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.18, -11.22, 34.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.18, 36.63, 107.84°)
OKLab	oklab(92.87% -0.0294 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(92.87% 0.092 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.6681, 81.1190, 47.4721)
Luminance	0.8112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEDA5 #A6A5ED

analogous

#EDCAA5 #ECEDA5 #C8EDA5

triadic

#ECEDA5 #A5ECED #EDA5EC

tetradic

#ECEDA5 #A5EDCA #A6A5ED #EDA5C8

square

#ECEDA5 #A5EDCA #A6A5ED #EDA5C8

split-complementary

#ECEDA5 #A5C8ED #CAA5ED

monochromatic

#D6D93F #E1E372 #ECEDA5 #F7F7D8 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#ECEDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.22

#ECEDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEDA5

17.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEDA5	1.00	1.22	17.22	17.22
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E7A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9EAA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6E4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eceda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 237, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.092 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f2c0',
    500: '#eceda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eceda5;
$custom-light: #f3f2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eceda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.833,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 78.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92867,
    "c": 0.09169,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEDA5

secondary

#6E6CCA

accent

#17CF19

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEDA5

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

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