#E9ECBD#E9ECBD

#E9ECBD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.810; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.061 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9ECBD
RGB	rgb(233, 236, 189)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(64, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 19.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.13, -8.62, 22.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.13, 24.11, 110.95°)
OKLab	oklab(92.91% -0.0215 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(92.91% 0.061 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.7844, 80.9893, 59.9324)
Luminance	0.8099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9ECBD #C0BDEC

analogous

#ECD7BD #E9ECBD #D1ECBD

triadic

#E9ECBD #BDE9EC #ECBDE9

tetradic

#E9ECBD #BDECD7 #C0BDEC #ECBDD1

square

#E9ECBD #BDECD7 #C0BDEC #ECBDD1

split-complementary

#E9ECBD #BDD1EC #D7BDEC

monochromatic

#C9D15E #D9DE8D #E9ECBD #F7F8E7 #F7F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#E9ECBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.20

#E9ECBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9ECBD

17.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9ECBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9ECBD	1.00	1.22	17.20	17.20
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E8BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0E6DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9ecbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 236, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.061 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0f2d1',
    500: '#e9ecbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9ecbd;
$custom-light: #f0f2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9ecbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.83,
    "s": 55.294,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92905,
    "c": 0.0614,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.80989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9ECBD

secondary

#8984C9

accent

#23C32D

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#161614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9ECBD

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

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