#ECF8A1#ECF8A1

#ECF8A1 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.875; OKLCH L 95.1% C 0.110 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECF8A1
RGB	rgb(236, 248, 161)
HSL	hsl(68, 86%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(68, 35%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 35.1%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(94.97, -17.11, 40.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(94.97, 43.98, 112.89°)
OKLab	oklab(95.06% -0.0464 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(95.06% 0.11 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.5928, 87.5416, 46.6790)
Luminance	0.8754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECF8A1 #ADA1F8

analogous

#F8D9A1 #ECF8A1 #C0F8A1

triadic

#ECF8A1 #A1ECF8 #F8A1EC

tetradic

#ECF8A1 #A1F8D9 #ADA1F8 #F8A1C0

square

#ECF8A1 #A1F8D9 #ADA1F8 #F8A1C0

split-complementary

#ECF8A1 #A1C0F8 #D9A1F8

monochromatic

#D5F02F #E0F468 #ECF8A1 #F8FCDA #F9FDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#ECF8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.51

#ECF8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECF8A1

18.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECF8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECF8A1	1.00	1.13	18.51	18.51
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF09B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF1A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6EFE2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F0F0F0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecf8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 248, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.1% 0.110 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3fabd',
    500: '#ecf8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecf8a1;
$custom-light: #f3fabd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecf8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.276,
    "s": 86.139,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95059,
    "c": 0.11015,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.87541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECF8A1

secondary

#7564D9

accent

#03E322

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFFF8

border

#D6D7D1

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECF8A1

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

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