#ECEEB9#ECEEB9

#ECEEB9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.825; OKLCH L 93.5% C 0.069 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEEB9
RGB	rgb(236, 238, 185)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(62, 22%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 22.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.79, -9.10, 25.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.79, 27.09, 109.63°)
OKLab	oklab(93.46% -0.0229 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(93.46% 0.069 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(73.9232, 82.4855, 57.9166)
Luminance	0.8248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEEB9 #BBB9EE

analogous

#EED5B9 #ECEEB9 #D1EEB9

triadic

#ECEEB9 #B9ECEE #EEB9EC

tetradic

#ECEEB9 #B9EED5 #BBB9EE #EEB9D1

square

#ECEEB9 #B9EED5 #BBB9EE #EEB9D1

split-complementary

#ECEEB9 #B9D1EE #D5B9EE

monochromatic

#D1D657 #DFE288 #ECEEB9 #F8F9E6 #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#ECEEB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.50

#ECEEB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEEB9

17.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEEB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEEB9	1.00	1.20	17.50	17.50
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E9B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7EBBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4E7E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eceeb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 238, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.5% 0.069 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2f3ce',
    500: '#eceeb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eceeb9;
$custom-light: #f2f3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eceeb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.264,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 82.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9346,
    "c": 0.06872,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.82485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEEB9

secondary

#827FCC

accent

#1DC923

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171713

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEEB9

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

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