#ECE9BE#ECE9BE

#ECE9BE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.056 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE9BE
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 190)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(56, 19%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 19.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.61, -5.88, 21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.61, 22.12, 105.43°)
OKLab	oklab(92.56% -0.0137 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(92.56% 0.056 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.0248, 79.8293, 60.2669)
Luminance	0.7983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE9BE #BEC1EC

analogous

#ECD2BE #ECE9BE #D8ECBE

triadic

#ECE9BE #BEECE9 #E9BEEC

tetradic

#ECE9BE #BEECD2 #BEC1EC #ECBED8

square

#ECE9BE #BEECD2 #BEC1EC #ECBED8

split-complementary

#ECE9BE #BED8EC #D2BEEC

monochromatic

#D0C95F #DED98F #ECE9BE #F8F7E7 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#ECE9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.97

#ECE9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE9BE

16.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE9BE	1.00	1.24	16.97	16.97
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3E3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.056 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f0d1',
    500: '#ece9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece9be;
$custom-light: #f2f0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92557,
    "c": 0.05624,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE9BE

secondary

#858AC9

accent

#2EC223

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE9BE

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

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