#ece98c

Color #ece98c

A vivid, highly saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 3.12 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-200 #fff085 · ΔE 4.2

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Conversions

HEX

#ece98c

RGB

rgb(236, 233, 140)

HSL

hsl(58.1, 71.6%, 73.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(58.1, 40.7%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 40.7%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(90.78, -12.06, 45.48)

LCH

lch(90.78, 47.05, 104.85)

OKLCH

oklch(91.6%, 0.1152, 106.85)

HWB

hwb(58.1, 54.9%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c8fec

Analogous

#ecb98c

#ece98c

#bfec8c

Triadic

#ece98c

#8cece9

#e98cec

Split-complementary

#ece98c

#8cbfec

#b98cec

Tetradic

#ece98c

#8fec8c

#8c8fec

#e98cec

Square

#ece98c

#8cecb9

#8c8fec

#ec8cbf

Shades

Color #ece98c mixed toward black.

#e3df56

#d7d124

#a19d1b

#6b6912

#363409

Tints

Color #ece98c mixed toward white.

#efed9f

#f2f0b2

#f5f4c5

#f9f8d9

#fcfbec

Tones

Color #ece98c mixed toward gray.

#e4e194

#dcda9c

#d4d2a4

#cccbac

#c4c3b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.6:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.6:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ebeba9 · ΔE 4.9

Deuteranopia

#ebebaf · ΔE 6.1

Tritanopia

#ecbcc0 · ΔE 35.4

Achromatopsia

#e5e5e5 · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ece98c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ece98c]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#ece98c (#ece98c) is rgb(236, 233, 140) in RGB.

No, #ece98c is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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