#ECEBB8#ECEBB8

#ECEBB8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.807; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.066 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEBB8
RGB	rgb(236, 235, 184)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(59, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 22%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.00, -7.74, 24.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.00, 26.13, 107.23°)
OKLab	oklab(92.83% -0.019 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(92.83% 0.066 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(72.9519, 80.7112, 57.0738)
Luminance	0.8071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEBB8 #B8B9EC

analogous

#ECD1B8 #ECEBB8 #D3ECB8

triadic

#ECEBB8 #B8ECEB #EBB8EC

tetradic

#ECEBB8 #B8ECD1 #B8B9EC #ECB8D3

square

#ECEBB8 #B8ECD1 #B8B9EC #ECB8D3

split-complementary

#ECEBB8 #B8D3EC #D1B8EC

monochromatic

#D2D057 #DFDD88 #ECEBB8 #F9F8E7 #F9F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#ECEBB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.14

#ECEBB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEBB8

17.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEBB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEBB8	1.00	1.23	17.14	17.14
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E7B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E9BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E4DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecebb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 235, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.066 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f1cd',
    500: '#ecebb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecebb8;
$custom-light: #f2f1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecebb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 57.778,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92832,
    "c": 0.0662,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.8071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEBB8

secondary

#7F81C9

accent

#23C520

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFA

border

#D6D6D3

text

#171613

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEBB8

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

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