#ECE9DD#ECE9DD

#ECE9DD is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.016 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE9DD
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 221)
HSL	hsl(48, 28%, 90%)
HSV	hsv(48, 6%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 6.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.28, -1.05, 6.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.28, 6.27, 99.68°)
OKLab	oklab(93.31% -0.0015 0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(93.31% 0.016 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(76.7804, 81.3316, 80.0463)
Luminance	0.8133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE9DD #DDE0EC

analogous

#ECE2DD #ECE9DD #E8ECDD

triadic

#ECE9DD #DDECE9 #E9DDEC

tetradic

#ECE9DD #DDECE2 #DDE0EC #ECDDE8

square

#ECE9DD #DDECE2 #DDE0EC #ECDDE8

split-complementary

#ECE9DD #DDE8EC #E2DDEC

monochromatic

#C0B68E #D6D0B6 #ECE9DD #F4F2EB #F4F2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#ECE9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.27

#ECE9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE9DD

17.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE9DD	1.00	1.22	17.27	17.27
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECE8DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDE9DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFE7E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.016 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f0e7',
    500: '#ece9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece9dd;
$custom-light: #f2f0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 28.302,
    "l": 89.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93307,
    "c": 0.01631,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.81331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE9DD

secondary

#A8AEC5

accent

#53A73F

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#161616

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE9DD

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

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