#ECEE8A#ECEE8A

#ECEE8A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.123 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEE8A
RGB	rgb(236, 238, 138)
HSL	hsl(61, 75%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(61, 42%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 42%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.05, -14.73, 48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.05, 50.25, 107.05°)
OKLab	oklab(92.63% -0.0412 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(92.63% 0.123 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.7552, 80.8183, 35.9647)
Luminance	0.8082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEE8A #8C8AEE

analogous

#EEBE8A #ECEE8A #BAEE8A

triadic

#ECEE8A #8AECEE #EE8AEC

tetradic

#ECEE8A #8AEEBE #8C8AEE #EE8ABA

square

#ECEE8A #8AEEBE #8C8AEE #EE8ABA

split-complementary

#ECEE8A #8ABAEE #BE8AEE

monochromatic

#DADD20 #E3E655 #ECEE8A #F5F6BF #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#ECEE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.16

#ECEE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEE8A

17.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEE8A	1.00	1.22	17.16	17.16
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEA8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecee8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 238, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.123 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f3ae',
    500: '#ecee8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecee8a;
$custom-light: #f4f3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecee8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.2,
    "s": 74.627,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92633,
    "c": 0.12307,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.80817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEE8A

secondary

#5553C9

accent

#0FD713

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171710

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEE8A

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

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