#ece5cb

Color #ece5cb

A moderately saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Antique White #faebd7 · ΔE 5.13 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-50 #fefce8 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ece5cb

RGB

rgb(236, 229, 203)

HSL

hsl(47.3, 46.5%, 86.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(47.3, 14%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 3%, 14%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(90.86, -1.91, 13.53)

LCH

lch(90.86, 13.66, 98.04)

OKLCH

oklch(92.1%, 0.0352, 94.56)

HWB

hwb(47.3, 79.6%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cbd2ec

Analogous

#ecd5cb

#ece5cb

#e3eccb

Triadic

#ece5cb

#cbece5

#e5cbec

Split-complementary

#ece5cb

#cbe3ec

#d5cbec

Tetradic

#ece5cb

#d2eccb

#cbd2ec

#e5cbec

Square

#ece5cb

#cbecd5

#cbd2ec

#eccbe3

Shades

Color #ece5cb mixed toward black.

#d8ca95

#c5af60

#a18b3b

#6b5d27

#362e14

Tints

Color #ece5cb mixed toward white.

#efe9d4

#f2eedc

#f6f2e5

#f9f6ee

#fcfbf6

Tones

Color #ece5cb mixed toward gray.

#e9e3ce

#e7e2d1

#e4e0d3

#e1dfd6

#deddd9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.64:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.64:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#e9e9d2 · ΔE 3.1

Deuteranopia

#e9ead3 · ΔE 3.6

Tritanopia

#ecd7d8 · ΔE 16

Achromatopsia

#e5e5e5 · ΔE 10.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ece5cb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ece5cb]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#ece5cb (#ece5cb) is rgb(236, 229, 203) in RGB.

No, #ece5cb is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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