#ECE7CB#ECE7CB

#ECE7CB is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.037 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE7CB
RGB	rgb(236, 231, 203)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(51, 14%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 14%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.37, -2.93, 14.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.37, 14.55, 101.62°)
OKLab	oklab(92.46% -0.0057 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(92.46% 0.037 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(73.9466, 79.2973, 67.8987)
Luminance	0.7930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE7CB #CBD0EC

analogous

#ECD6CB #ECE7CB #E0ECCB

triadic

#ECE7CB #CBECE7 #E7CBEC

tetradic

#ECE7CB #CBECD6 #CBD0EC #ECCBE0

square

#ECE7CB #CBECD6 #CBD0EC #ECCBE0

split-complementary

#ECE7CB #CBE0EC #D6CBEC

monochromatic

#CBBE71 #DCD29E #ECE7CB #F7F5E9 #F7F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#ECE7CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.86

#ECE7CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE7CB

16.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE7CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE7CB	1.00	1.25	16.86	16.86
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDE5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2E3DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 231, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.037 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2eeda',
    500: '#ece7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece7cb;
$custom-light: #f2eeda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 46.479,
    "l": 86.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92456,
    "c": 0.03735,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE7CB

secondary

#939BC8

accent

#41BA2C

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE7CB

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

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