#ECEDD9#ECEDD9

#ECEDD9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.834; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.026 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEDD9
RGB	rgb(236, 237, 217)
HSL	hsl(63, 36%, 89%)
HSV	hsv(63, 8%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 8.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.19, -3.75, 9.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.19, 10.29, 111.40°)
OKLab	oklab(94% -0.0087 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(94% 0.026 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(77.3990, 83.4113, 77.6547)
Luminance	0.8341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEDD9 #DAD9ED

analogous

#EDE4D9 #ECEDD9 #E2EDD9

triadic

#ECEDD9 #D9ECED #EDD9EC

tetradic

#ECEDD9 #D9EDE4 #DAD9ED #EDD9E2

square

#ECEDD9 #D9EDE4 #DAD9ED #EDD9E2

split-complementary

#ECEDD9 #D9E2ED #E4D9ED

monochromatic

#C2C686 #D7D9AF #ECEDD9 #F5F5EA #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#ECEDD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.68

#ECEDD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEDD9

17.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEDD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEDD9	1.00	1.19	17.68	17.68
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1EBD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1ECDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EFEAE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecedd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 237, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.026 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f2e4',
    500: '#ecedd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecedd9;
$custom-light: #f2f2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecedd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 89.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93998,
    "c": 0.02648,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.83411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEDD9

secondary

#A4A3C8

accent

#37AF3D

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#161715

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEDD9

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

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