#ECEBE5#ECEBE5

#ECEBE5 is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.829; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.008 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEBE5
RGB	rgb(236, 235, 229)
HSL	hsl(51, 16%, 91%)
HSV	hsv(51, 3%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.97, -0.72, 3.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.97, 3.11, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(93.92% -0.0012 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(93.92% 0.008 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(78.4411, 82.9069, 85.9838)
Luminance	0.8291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEBE5 #E5E6EC

analogous

#ECE7E5 #ECEBE5 #E9ECE5

triadic

#ECEBE5 #E5ECEB #EBE5EC

tetradic

#ECEBE5 #E5ECE7 #E5E6EC #ECE5E9

square

#ECEBE5 #E5ECE7 #E5E6EC #ECE5E9

split-complementary

#ECEBE5 #E5E9EC #E7E5EC

monochromatic

#B8B59E #D2D0C2 #ECEBE5 #F2F1ED #F2F1ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#ECEBE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.58

#ECEBE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEBE5

17.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEBE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEBE5	1.00	1.19	17.58	17.58
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECEBE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDEBE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDEAE9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecebe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 235, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.008 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f1ed',
    500: '#ecebe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecebe5;
$custom-light: #f2f1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecebe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 15.556,
    "l": 91.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93917,
    "c": 0.00808,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.82907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEBE5

secondary

#B3B5C2

accent

#579A4C

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFD

border

#D6D6D5

text

#161616

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEBE5

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

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