#ECE9CE#ECE9CE

#ECE9CE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.036 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE9CE
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 206)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(54, 13%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 12.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.94, -3.48, 13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.94, 13.94, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(92.93% -0.0074 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(92.93% 0.036 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(74.8705, 80.5676, 69.9874)
Luminance	0.8057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE9CE #CED1EC

analogous

#ECDACE #ECE9CE #E0ECCE

triadic

#ECE9CE #CEECE9 #E9CEEC

tetradic

#ECE9CE #CEECDA #CED1EC #ECCEE0

square

#ECE9CE #CEECDA #CED1EC #ECCEE0

split-complementary

#ECE9CE #CEE0EC #DACEEC

monochromatic

#CAC176 #DBD5A2 #ECE9CE #F6F5E9 #F6F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#ECE9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.11

#ECE9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE9CE

17.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE9CE	1.00	1.23	17.11	17.11
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEE7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.036 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f0dd',
    500: '#ece9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece9ce;
$custom-light: #f2f0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 44.118,
    "l": 86.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92927,
    "c": 0.03579,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE9CE

secondary

#969BC8

accent

#3CB72E

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#171615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE9CE

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

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