#ECE9CD#ECE9CD

#ECE9CD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.037 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE9CD
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 205)
HSL	hsl(54, 45%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(54, 13%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 13.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.92, -3.64, 13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.92, 14.45, 104.58°)
OKLab	oklab(92.9% -0.0078 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(92.9% 0.037 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.7494, 80.5192, 69.3497)
Luminance	0.8052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE9CD #CDD0EC

analogous

#ECDACD #ECE9CD #E0ECCD

triadic

#ECE9CD #CDECE9 #E9CDEC

tetradic

#ECE9CD #CDECDA #CDD0EC #ECCDE0

square

#ECE9CD #CDECDA #CDD0EC #ECCDE0

split-complementary

#ECE9CD #CDE0EC #DACDEC

monochromatic

#CAC274 #DBD5A1 #ECE9CD #F7F5E9 #F7F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#ECE9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.10

#ECE9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE9CD

17.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE9CD	1.00	1.23	17.10	17.10
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.037 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f0dc',
    500: '#ece9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece9cd;
$custom-light: #f2f0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 44.928,
    "l": 86.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92903,
    "c": 0.03708,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.80518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE9CD

secondary

#959AC8

accent

#3BB82D

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#171615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE9CD

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

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