#ECE9BC#ECE9BC

#ECE9BC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.059 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE9BC
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 188)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(56, 20%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 20.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.57, -6.17, 22.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.57, 23.14, 105.46°)
OKLab	oklab(92.51% -0.0145 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(92.51% 0.059 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(72.8077, 79.7425, 59.1236)
Luminance	0.7974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE9BC #BCBFEC

analogous

#ECD1BC #ECE9BC #D7ECBC

triadic

#ECE9BC #BCECE9 #E9BCEC

tetradic

#ECE9BC #BCECD1 #BCBFEC #ECBCD7

square

#ECE9BC #BCECD1 #BCBFEC #ECBCD7

split-complementary

#ECE9BC #BCD7EC #D1BCEC

monochromatic

#D1CA5D #DED98C #ECE9BC #F8F7E7 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#ECE9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95

#ECE9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE9BC

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE9BC	1.00	1.24	16.95	16.95
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E5B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.059 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f0d0',
    500: '#ece9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece9bc;
$custom-light: #f2f0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92514,
    "c": 0.05877,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE9BC

secondary

#8388C9

accent

#2CC322

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE9BC

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

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