#ECECB5#ECECB5

#ECECB5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.812; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.071 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECECB5
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 181)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(60, 23%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 23.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.20, -8.65, 26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.20, 28.13, 107.91°)
OKLab	oklab(92.97% -0.0216 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(92.97% 0.071 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(72.9279, 81.1609, 55.5309)
Luminance	0.8116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECECB5 #B5B5EC

analogous

#ECD1B5 #ECECB5 #D1ECB5

triadic

#ECECB5 #B5ECEC #ECB5EC

tetradic

#ECECB5 #B5ECD1 #B5B5EC #ECB5D1

square

#ECECB5 #B5ECD1 #B5B5EC #ECB5D1

split-complementary

#ECECB5 #B5D1EC #D1B5EC

monochromatic

#D3D354 #DFDF84 #ECECB5 #F9F9E6 #F9F9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#ECECB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.23

#ECECB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECECB5

17.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECECB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECECB5	1.00	1.22	17.23	17.23
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E7B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6EAB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E5DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ececb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.071 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f2cb',
    500: '#ececb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ececb5;
$custom-light: #f2f2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ececb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.14,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92972,
    "c": 0.07115,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.8116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECECB5

secondary

#7C7CC9

accent

#1FC71F

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFA

border

#D6D6D3

text

#171613

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECECB5

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

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