#ECEBC5#ECEBC5

#ECEBC5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.813; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.050 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEBC5
RGB	rgb(236, 235, 197)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(58, 17%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 16.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.26, -5.87, 18.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.26, 19.51, 107.50°)
OKLab	oklab(93.12% -0.0138 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(93.12% 0.05 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.3777, 81.2815, 64.5832)
Luminance	0.8128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEBC5 #C5C6EC

analogous

#ECD8C5 #ECEBC5 #D9ECC5

triadic

#ECEBC5 #C5ECEB #EBC5EC

tetradic

#ECEBC5 #C5ECD8 #C5C6EC #ECC5D9

square

#ECEBC5 #C5ECD8 #C5C6EC #ECC5D9

split-complementary

#ECEBC5 #C5D9EC #D8C5EC

monochromatic

#CECB69 #DDDB97 #ECEBC5 #F7F7E8 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#ECEBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.26

#ECEBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEBC5

17.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEBC5	1.00	1.22	17.26	17.26
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E8C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3EAC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2E6E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecebc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 235, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.050 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f1d6',
    500: '#ecebc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecebc5;
$custom-light: #f2f1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecebc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 84.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93116,
    "c": 0.0498,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.81281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEBC5

secondary

#8D8EC9

accent

#2BBE27

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEBC5

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

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