#ECF8A9#ECF8A9

#ECF8A9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.878; OKLCH L 95.2% C 0.101 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 18.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECF8A9
RGB	rgb(236, 248, 169)
HSL	hsl(69, 85%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(69, 32%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 31.9%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(95.09, -16.14, 36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(95.09, 40.10, 113.74°)
OKLab	oklab(95.2% -0.0433 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(95.2% 0.101 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(75.3209, 87.8329, 50.5139)
Luminance	0.8783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECF8A9 #B5A9F8

analogous

#F8DDA9 #ECF8A9 #C5F8A9

triadic

#ECF8A9 #A9ECF8 #F8A9EC

tetradic

#ECF8A9 #A9F8DD #B5A9F8 #F8A9C5

square

#ECF8A9 #A9F8DD #B5A9F8 #F8A9C5

split-complementary

#ECF8A9 #A9C5F8 #DDA9F8

monochromatic

#D3EF38 #DFF370 #ECF8A9 #F9FDE2 #F9FDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.13

#ECF8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

18.57

#ECF8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECF8A9

18.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECF8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECF8A9	1.00	1.13	18.57	18.57
#FFFFFF	1.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	18.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	18.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFF0A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFF2AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5EFE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#F1F1F1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecf8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 248, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(95.2% 0.101 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3fac3',
    500: '#ecf8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecf8a9;
$custom-light: #f3fac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecf8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 248,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.114,
    "s": 84.946,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.95197,
    "c": 0.10101,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.87832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECF8A9

secondary

#7C6CDA

accent

#04E126

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFFF9

border

#D6D7D2

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECF8A9

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

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