#ECEE8D#ECEE8D

#ECEE8D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.120 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEE8D
RGB	rgb(236, 238, 141)
HSL	hsl(61, 74%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(61, 41%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 40.8%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.09, -14.43, 46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.09, 48.82, 107.19°)
OKLab	oklab(92.68% -0.0401 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(92.68% 0.12 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(69.9753, 80.9064, 37.1244)
Luminance	0.8091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEE8D #8F8DEE

analogous

#EEC08D #ECEE8D #BCEE8D

triadic

#ECEE8D #8DECEE #EE8DEC

tetradic

#ECEE8D #8DEEC0 #8F8DEE #EE8DBC

square

#ECEE8D #8DEEC0 #8F8DEE #EE8DBC

split-complementary

#ECEE8D #8DBCEE #C08DEE

monochromatic

#DADE22 #E3E658 #ECEE8D #F5F6C2 #FBFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#ECEE8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.18

#ECEE8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEE8D

17.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEE8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEE8D	1.00	1.22	17.18	17.18
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDEA91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecee8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 238, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.120 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f3b0',
    500: '#ecee8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecee8d;
$custom-light: #f3f3b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecee8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.237,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92676,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.80905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEE8D

secondary

#5856C9

accent

#0FD613

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF7

border

#D6D6D0

text

#171710

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEE8D

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

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