#ECEBB5#ECEBB5

#ECEBB5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.806; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.070 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEBB5
RGB	rgb(236, 235, 181)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(59, 23%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 23.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.95, -8.15, 26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.95, 27.64, 107.14°)
OKLab	oklab(92.77% -0.0202 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(92.77% 0.07 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.6407, 80.5867, 55.4352)
Luminance	0.8059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEBB5 #B5B6EC

analogous

#ECD0B5 #ECEBB5 #D2ECB5

triadic

#ECEBB5 #B5ECEB #EBB5EC

tetradic

#ECEBB5 #B5ECD0 #B5B6EC #ECB5D2

square

#ECEBB5 #B5ECD0 #B5B6EC #ECB5D2

split-complementary

#ECEBB5 #B5D2EC #D0B5EC

monochromatic

#D3D154 #DFDE84 #ECEBB5 #F9F8E6 #F9F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#ECEBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.12

#ECEBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEBB5

17.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEBB5	1.00	1.23	17.12	17.12
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E6B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E9B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E4DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecebb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 235, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.070 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f1cb',
    500: '#ecebb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecebb5;
$custom-light: #f2f1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecebb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.909,
    "s": 59.14,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92769,
    "c": 0.06991,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.80586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEBB5

secondary

#7C7EC9

accent

#22C71F

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFA

border

#D6D6D3

text

#171613

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEBB5

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

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