#ECF8A0#ECF8A0

#ECF8A0 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.875; OKLCH L 95.0% C 0.111 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECF8A0
RGB	rgb(236, 248, 160)
HSL	hsl(68, 86%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(68, 35%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 35.5%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.95, -17.23, 40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.95, 44.46, 112.79°)
OKLab	oklab(95.04% -0.0468 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(95.04% 0.111 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.5049, 87.5065, 46.2164)
Luminance	0.8751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECF8A0 #ACA0F8

analogous

#F8D8A0 #ECF8A0 #C0F8A0

triadic

#ECF8A0 #A0ECF8 #F8A0EC

tetradic

#ECF8A0 #A0F8D8 #ACA0F8 #F8A0C0

square

#ECF8A0 #A0F8D8 #ACA0F8 #F8A0C0

split-complementary

#ECF8A0 #A0C0F8 #D8A0F8

monochromatic

#D5F02E #E1F467 #ECF8A0 #F7FCD9 #F9FDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.14

#ECF8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.50

#ECF8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECF8A0

18.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECF8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECF8A0	1.00	1.14	18.50	18.50
#FFFFFF	1.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF09A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6EFE2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecf8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 248, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.0% 0.111 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3fabd',
    500: '#ecf8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecf8a0;
$custom-light: #f3fabd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecf8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.182,
    "s": 86.275,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95043,
    "c": 0.11128,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.87506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECF8A0

secondary

#7464D9

accent

#03E321

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFFF8

border

#D6D7D1

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECF8A0

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

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