#ECE5CD#ECE5CD

#ECE5CD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.783; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.033 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE5CD
RGB	rgb(236, 229, 205)
HSL	hsl(46, 45%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(46, 13%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 13.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.91, -1.60, 12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.91, 12.66, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(92.11% -0.002 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(92.11% 0.033 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.6299, 78.2801, 68.9765)
Luminance	0.7828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE5CD #CDD4EC

analogous

#ECD6CD #ECE5CD #E4ECCD

triadic

#ECE5CD #CDECE5 #E5CDEC

tetradic

#ECE5CD #CDECD6 #CDD4EC #ECCDE4

square

#ECE5CD #CDECD6 #CDD4EC #ECCDE4

split-complementary

#ECE5CD #CDE4EC #D6CDEC

monochromatic

#CAB774 #DBCEA1 #ECE5CD #F7F3E9 #F7F3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECE5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.66

#ECE5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE5CD

16.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE5CD	1.00	1.26	16.66	16.66
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBE4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDE6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2E1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 229, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.033 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eddc',
    500: '#ece5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece5cd;
$custom-light: #f2eddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 44.928,
    "l": 86.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92107,
    "c": 0.03269,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE5CD

secondary

#95A1C8

accent

#4DB82D

background

#FFFEFE

surface

#FEFDFC

border

#D6D5D5

text

#171615

muted

#858484

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE5CD

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

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