#ECE5CB#ECE5CB

#ECE5CB is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.035 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE5CB
RGB	rgb(236, 229, 203)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(47, 14%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 14%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.86, -1.91, 13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.86, 13.67, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(92.06% -0.0028 0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(92.06% 0.035 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(73.3900, 78.1842, 67.7132)
Luminance	0.7818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE5CB #CBD2EC

analogous

#ECD4CB #ECE5CB #E2ECCB

triadic

#ECE5CB #CBECE5 #E5CBEC

tetradic

#ECE5CB #CBECD4 #CBD2EC #ECCBE2

square

#ECE5CB #CBECD4 #CBD2EC #ECCBE2

split-complementary

#ECE5CB #CBE2EC #D4CBEC

monochromatic

#CBB871 #DCCF9E #ECE5CB #F7F4E9 #F7F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECE5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#ECE5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE5CB

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE5CB	1.00	1.26	16.64	16.64
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBE3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDE6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2E1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 229, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.035 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2edda',
    500: '#ece5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece5cb;
$custom-light: #f2edda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 46.479,
    "l": 86.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92058,
    "c": 0.03523,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE5CB

secondary

#939EC8

accent

#4ABA2C

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFDFB

border

#D6D5D4

text

#171615

muted

#858484

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE5CB

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

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