#ECE9BB#ECE9BB

#ECE9BB is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.060 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE9BB
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 187)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(56, 21%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 20.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.55, -6.31, 22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.55, 23.64, 105.48°)
OKLab	oklab(92.49% -0.0149 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(92.49% 0.06 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(72.7003, 79.6995, 58.5578)
Luminance	0.7970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE9BB #BBBEEC

analogous

#ECD0BB #ECE9BB #D6ECBB

triadic

#ECE9BB #BBECE9 #E9BBEC

tetradic

#ECE9BB #BBECD0 #BBBEEC #ECBBD6

square

#ECE9BB #BBECD0 #BBBEEC #ECBBD6

split-complementary

#ECE9BB #BBD6EC #D0BBEC

monochromatic

#D1CA5B #DFDA8B #ECE9BB #F8F7E7 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#ECE9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#ECE9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE9BB

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE9BB	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E5B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.060 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f0cf',
    500: '#ece9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece9bb;
$custom-light: #f2f0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.327,
    "s": 56.322,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92492,
    "c": 0.06002,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.79699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE9BB

secondary

#8287C9

accent

#2CC422

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE9BB

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

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