#ECE9DC#ECE9DC

#ECE9DC is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.018 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE9DC
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 220)
HSL	hsl(49, 30%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(49, 7%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 6.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.26, -1.22, 6.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.26, 6.78, 100.38°)
OKLab	oklab(93.28% -0.0019 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(93.28% 0.018 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(76.6476, 81.2784, 79.3467)
Luminance	0.8128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE9DC #DCDFEC

analogous

#ECE1DC #ECE9DC #E7ECDC

triadic

#ECE9DC #DCECE9 #E9DCEC

tetradic

#ECE9DC #DCECE1 #DCDFEC #ECDCE7

square

#ECE9DC #DCECE1 #DCDFEC #ECDCE7

split-complementary

#ECE9DC #DCE7EC #E1DCEC

monochromatic

#C1B78D #D6D0B4 #ECE9DC #F4F3EB #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#ECE9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.26

#ECE9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE9DC

17.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE9DC	1.00	1.22	17.26	17.26
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECE8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDE9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFE7E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.018 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f0e6',
    500: '#ece9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece9dc;
$custom-light: #f2f0e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 29.63,
    "l": 89.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93281,
    "c": 0.0176,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.81278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE9DC

secondary

#A7ADC5

accent

#51A83D

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#161616

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE9DC

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

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