#ECE5BF#ECE5BF

#ECE5BF is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.776; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.050 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE5BF
RGB	rgb(236, 229, 191)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(51, 19%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 19.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.61, -3.71, 19.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.61, 19.77, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(91.78% -0.0076 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(91.78% 0.05 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(72.0150, 77.6341, 60.4713)
Luminance	0.7763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE5BF #BFC6EC

analogous

#ECCEBF #ECE5BF #DCECBF

triadic

#ECE5BF #BFECE5 #E5BFEC

tetradic

#ECE5BF #BFECCE #BFC6EC #ECBFDC

square

#ECE5BF #BFECCE #BFC6EC #ECBFDC

split-complementary

#ECE5BF #BFDCEC #CEBFEC

monochromatic

#D0BF61 #DED290 #ECE5BF #F8F5E7 #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECE5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.53

#ECE5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE5BF

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE5BF	1.00	1.27	16.53	16.53
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDE2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE5C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3DFDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 229, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.050 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2edd2',
    500: '#ece5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece5bf;
$custom-light: #f2edd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.667,
    "s": 54.217,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91778,
    "c": 0.05041,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.77633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE5BF

secondary

#8691C9

accent

#3CC224

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFDFB

border

#D6D5D4

text

#171614

muted

#858483

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE5BF

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

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