#ECEBB9#ECEBB9

#ECEBB9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.065 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEBB9
RGB	rgb(236, 235, 185)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(59, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 21.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.02, -7.60, 24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.02, 25.62, 107.25°)
OKLab	oklab(92.85% -0.0186 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(92.85% 0.065 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(73.0571, 80.7532, 57.6278)
Luminance	0.8075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEBB9 #B9BAEC

analogous

#ECD2B9 #ECEBB9 #D3ECB9

triadic

#ECEBB9 #B9ECEB #EBB9EC

tetradic

#ECEBB9 #B9ECD2 #B9BAEC #ECB9D3

square

#ECEBB9 #B9ECD2 #B9BAEC #ECB9D3

split-complementary

#ECEBB9 #B9D3EC #D2B9EC

monochromatic

#D2CF59 #DFDD89 #ECEBB9 #F8F8E7 #F8F8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#ECEBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.15

#ECEBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEBB9

17.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEBB9	1.00	1.22	17.15	17.15
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E7B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E9BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E4DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecebb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 235, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.065 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f1ce',
    500: '#ecebb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecebb9;
$custom-light: #f2f1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecebb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 82.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92853,
    "c": 0.06495,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.80752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEBB9

secondary

#8082C9

accent

#24C521

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171613

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEBB9

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

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