#E9ECBC#E9ECBC

#E9ECBC is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.063 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9ECBC
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 188)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(64, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 20.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.11, -8.77, 23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.11, 24.62, 110.86°)
OKLab	oklab(92.88% -0.0219 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(92.88% 0.063 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.6763, 80.9461, 59.3627)
Luminance	0.8095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9ECBC #BFBCEC

analogous

#ECD7BC #E9ECBC #D1ECBC

triadic

#E9ECBC #BCE9EC #ECBCE9

tetradic

#E9ECBC #BCECD7 #BFBCEC #ECBCD1

square

#E9ECBC #BCECD7 #BFBCEC #ECBCD1

split-complementary

#E9ECBC #BCD1EC #D7BCEC

monochromatic

#CAD15D #D9DE8C #E9ECBC #F7F8E7 #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#E9ECBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.19

#E9ECBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9ECBC

17.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9ECBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9ECBC	1.00	1.22	17.19	17.19
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E7B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0E6DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ecbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.063 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f2d0',
    500: '#e9ecbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ecbc;
$custom-light: #f0f2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ecbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92884,
    "c": 0.06265,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9ECBC

secondary

#8883C9

accent

#22C32C

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#161614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9ECBC

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

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