#ECE5BD#ECE5BD

#ECE5BD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.053 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE5BD
RGB	rgb(236, 229, 189)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(51, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 19.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.57, -4.00, 20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.57, 20.79, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(91.73% -0.0084 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(91.73% 0.053 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.7964, 77.5467, 59.3201)
Luminance	0.7755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE5BD #BDC4EC

analogous

#ECCDBD #ECE5BD #DBECBD

triadic

#ECE5BD #BDECE5 #E5BDEC

tetradic

#ECE5BD #BDECCD #BDC4EC #ECBDDB

square

#ECE5BD #BDECCD #BDC4EC #ECBDDB

split-complementary

#ECE5BD #BDDBEC #CDBDEC

monochromatic

#D1C05E #DED28D #ECE5BD #F8F6E7 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECE5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#ECE5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE5BD

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE5BD	1.00	1.27	16.51	16.51
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDE2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4DFDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 229, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.053 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2edd1',
    500: '#ece5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece5bd;
$custom-light: #f2edd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 55.294,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91733,
    "c": 0.05293,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.77546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE5BD

secondary

#848FC9

accent

#3BC323

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFDFB

border

#D6D5D4

text

#171614

muted

#858483

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE5BD

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

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