#ECE5BB#ECE5BB

#ECE5BB is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.055 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE5BB
RGB	rgb(236, 229, 187)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(51, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 20.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.53, -4.29, 21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.53, 21.81, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(91.69% -0.0092 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(91.69% 0.055 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.5808, 77.4605, 58.1846)
Luminance	0.7746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE5BB #BBC2EC

analogous

#ECCCBB #ECE5BB #DAECBB

triadic

#ECE5BB #BBECE5 #E5BBEC

tetradic

#ECE5BB #BBECCC #BBC2EC #ECBBDA

square

#ECE5BB #BBECCC #BBC2EC #ECBBDA

split-complementary

#ECE5BB #BBDAEC #CCBBEC

monochromatic

#D1C05B #DFD38B #ECE5BB #F8F6E7 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECE5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#ECE5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE5BB

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE5BB	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDE2B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 229, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.055 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2edcf',
    500: '#ece5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece5bb;
$custom-light: #f2edcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91689,
    "c": 0.05544,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE5BB

secondary

#828CC9

accent

#39C422

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFDFB

border

#D6D5D4

text

#171613

muted

#858483

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE5BB

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

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