#ECECD9#ECECD9

#ECECD9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.828; OKLCH L 93.8% C 0.025 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECECD9
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 217)
HSL	hsl(60, 33%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(60, 8%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.94, -3.24, 9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.94, 9.77, 109.40°)
OKLab	oklab(93.8% -0.0073 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(93.8% 0.025 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(77.1103, 82.8339, 77.5585)
Luminance	0.8283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECECD9 #D9D9EC

analogous

#ECE3D9 #ECECD9 #E3ECD9

triadic

#ECECD9 #D9ECEC #ECD9EC

tetradic

#ECECD9 #D9ECE3 #D9D9EC #ECD9E3

square

#ECECD9 #D9ECE3 #D9D9EC #ECD9E3

split-complementary

#ECECD9 #D9E3EC #E3D9EC

monochromatic

#C3C387 #D8D8B0 #ECECD9 #F5F5EB #F5F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#ECECD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.57

#ECECD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECECD9

17.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECECD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECECD9	1.00	1.20	17.57	17.57
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0EAD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0EBDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFE9E6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ececd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.8% 0.025 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f2e4',
    500: '#ececd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ececd9;
$custom-light: #f2f2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ececd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 88.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93799,
    "c": 0.02515,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.82834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECECD9

secondary

#A3A3C6

accent

#39AC39

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#161615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECECD9

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

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