#ECE5BC#ECE5BC

#ECE5BC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.054 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE5BC
RGB	rgb(236, 229, 188)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(51, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 20.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.55, -4.14, 20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.55, 21.30, 101.22°)
OKLab	oklab(91.71% -0.0088 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(91.71% 0.054 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.6882, 77.5034, 58.7504)
Luminance	0.7750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE5BC #BCC3EC

analogous

#ECCDBC #ECE5BC #DBECBC

triadic

#ECE5BC #BCECE5 #E5BCEC

tetradic

#ECE5BC #BCECCD #BCC3EC #ECBCDB

square

#ECE5BC #BCECCD #BCC3EC #ECBCDB

split-complementary

#ECE5BC #BCDBEC #CDBCEC

monochromatic

#D1C05D #DED28C #ECE5BC #F8F6E7 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECE5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.50

#ECE5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE5BC

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE5BC	1.00	1.27	16.50	16.50
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDE2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DFDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 229, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.054 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2edd0',
    500: '#ece5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece5bc;
$custom-light: #f2edd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91711,
    "c": 0.05419,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE5BC

secondary

#838DC9

accent

#3AC322

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFDFB

border

#D6D5D4

text

#171614

muted

#858483

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE5BC

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

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