#ECEBC9#ECEBC9

#ECEBC9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.815; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.045 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEBC9
RGB	rgb(236, 235, 201)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(58, 15%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 14.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.34, -5.27, 16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.34, 17.47, 107.55°)
OKLab	oklab(93.21% -0.0122 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(93.21% 0.045 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(74.8421, 81.4673, 67.0290)
Luminance	0.8147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEBC9 #C9CAEC

analogous

#ECD9C9 #ECEBC9 #DBECC9

triadic

#ECEBC9 #C9ECEB #EBC9EC

tetradic

#ECEBC9 #C9ECD9 #C9CAEC #ECC9DB

square

#ECEBC9 #C9ECD9 #C9CAEC #ECC9DB

split-complementary

#ECEBC9 #C9DBEC #D9C9EC

monochromatic

#CCC96E #DCDA9C #ECEBC9 #F7F7E8 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#ECEBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.29

#ECEBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEBC9

17.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEBC9	1.00	1.21	17.29	17.29
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E8C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2EACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2E6E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecebc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 235, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.045 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f1d9',
    500: '#ecebc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecebc9;
$custom-light: #f2f1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecebc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 47.945,
    "l": 85.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93208,
    "c": 0.04468,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.81467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEBC9

secondary

#9193C8

accent

#2EBB2A

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEBC9

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

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