#ECEBC4#ECEBC4

#ECEBC4 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.812; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.051 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEBC4
RGB	rgb(236, 235, 196)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(59, 17%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 16.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.24, -6.02, 19.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.24, 20.02, 107.49°)
OKLab	oklab(93.09% -0.0142 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(93.09% 0.051 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.2635, 81.2358, 63.9817)
Luminance	0.8124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEBC4 #C4C5EC

analogous

#ECD7C4 #ECEBC4 #D9ECC4

triadic

#ECEBC4 #C4ECEB #EBC4EC

tetradic

#ECEBC4 #C4ECD7 #C4C5EC #ECC4D9

square

#ECEBC4 #C4ECD7 #C4C5EC #ECC4D9

split-complementary

#ECEBC4 #C4D9EC #D7C4EC

monochromatic

#CECC67 #DDDB96 #ECEBC4 #F8F7E8 #F8F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#ECEBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.25

#ECEBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEBC4

17.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEBC4	1.00	1.22	17.25	17.25
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E8C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3EAC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2E6E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecebc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 235, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.051 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f1d6',
    500: '#ecebc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecebc4;
$custom-light: #f2f1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecebc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 84.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93093,
    "c": 0.05107,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.81235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEBC4

secondary

#8C8DC9

accent

#2BBF27

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEBC4

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

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