#ECECE5#ECECE5

#ECECE5 is a very light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.835; OKLCH L 94.1% C 0.009 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECECE5
RGB	rgb(236, 236, 229)
HSL	hsl(60, 16%, 91%)
HSV	hsv(60, 3%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.22, -1.23, 3.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.22, 3.60, 109.89°)
OKLab	oklab(94.12% -0.0027 0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(94.12% 0.009 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(78.7282, 83.4811, 86.0795)
Luminance	0.8348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECECE5 #E5E5EC

analogous

#ECE8E5 #ECECE5 #E8ECE5

triadic

#ECECE5 #E5ECEC #ECE5EC

tetradic

#ECECE5 #E5ECE8 #E5E5EC #ECE5E8

square

#ECECE5 #E5ECE8 #E5E5EC #ECE5E8

split-complementary

#ECECE5 #E5E8EC #E8E5EC

monochromatic

#B8B89E #D2D2C2 #ECECE5 #F2F2ED #F2F2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#ECECE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.70

#ECECE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECECE5

17.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECECE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECECE5	1.00	1.19	17.70	17.70
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDEBE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEECE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EDEBEA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecece5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 236, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.1% 0.009 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f2ed',
    500: '#ecece5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecece5;
$custom-light: #f2f2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecece5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 15.556,
    "l": 91.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.94115,
    "c": 0.00932,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.83481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECECE5

secondary

#B3B3C2

accent

#4C9A4C

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFD

border

#D6D6D5

text

#161616

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECECE5

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

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