#ECEBD9#ECEBD9

#ECEBD9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.823; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.024 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEBD9
RGB	rgb(236, 235, 217)
HSL	hsl(57, 33%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(57, 8%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 8.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.69, -2.74, 8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.69, 9.27, 107.18°)
OKLab	oklab(93.6% -0.0059 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(93.6% 0.024 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(76.8232, 82.2597, 77.4628)
Luminance	0.8226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEBD9 #D9DAEC

analogous

#ECE2D9 #ECEBD9 #E4ECD9

triadic

#ECEBD9 #D9ECEB #EBD9EC

tetradic

#ECEBD9 #D9ECE2 #D9DAEC #ECD9E4

square

#ECEBD9 #D9ECE2 #D9DAEC #ECD9E4

split-complementary

#ECEBD9 #D9E4EC #E2D9EC

monochromatic

#C3C087 #D8D6B0 #ECEBD9 #F5F4EB #F5F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#ECEBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.45

#ECEBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEBD9

17.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEBD9	1.00	1.20	17.45	17.45
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFEADA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFE8E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecebd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 235, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.024 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f1e4',
    500: '#ecebd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecebd9;
$custom-light: #f2f1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecebd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 88.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.936,
    "c": 0.02388,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.82259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEBD9

secondary

#A3A5C6

accent

#3FAC39

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#161615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEBD9

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

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