#E9ECBB#E9ECBB

#E9ECBB is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.064 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9ECBB
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 187)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(64, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 20.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.09, -8.91, 23.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.09, 25.13, 110.76°)
OKLab	oklab(92.86% -0.0223 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(92.86% 0.064 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.5689, 80.9031, 58.7970)
Luminance	0.8090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9ECBB #BEBBEC

analogous

#ECD6BB #E9ECBB #D0ECBB

triadic

#E9ECBB #BBE9EC #ECBBE9

tetradic

#E9ECBB #BBECD6 #BEBBEC #ECBBD0

square

#E9ECBB #BBECD6 #BEBBEC #ECBBD0

split-complementary

#E9ECBB #BBD0EC #D6BBEC

monochromatic

#CAD15B #DADF8B #E9ECBB #F7F8E7 #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#E9ECBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.18

#E9ECBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9ECBB

17.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9ECBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9ECBB	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)

#F4E7B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0E6DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ecbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.064 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f2cf',
    500: '#e9ecbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ecbb;
$custom-light: #f0f2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ecbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.673,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92862,
    "c": 0.06391,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9ECBB

secondary

#8782C9

accent

#22C42C

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#161614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9ECBB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →