#ececb6

Color #ececb6

A moderately saturated very light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 4.95 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-100 #fef9c2 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#ececb6

RGB

rgb(236, 236, 182)

HSL

hsl(60, 58.7%, 82%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 22.9%, 92.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 22.9%, 7.5%)

LAB

lab(92.22, -8.51, 26.28)

LCH

lch(92.22, 27.62, 107.94)

OKLCH

oklch(93%, 0.0699, 107.66)

HWB

hwb(60, 71.4%, 7.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b6b6ec

Analogous

#ecd1b6

#ececb6

#d1ecb6

Triadic

#ececb6

#b6ecec

#ecb6ec

Split-complementary

#ececb6

#b6d1ec

#d1b6ec

Tetradic

#ececb6

#b6ecb6

#b6b6ec

#ecb6ec

Square

#ececb6

#b6ecd1

#b6b6ec

#ecb6d1

Shades

Color #ececb6 mixed toward black.

#dede7f

#cfcf48

#a6a62b

#6f6f1d

#37370e

Tints

Color #ececb6 mixed toward white.

#efefc2

#f2f2ce

#f6f6db

#f9f9e7

#fcfcf3

Tones

Color #ececb6 mixed toward gray.

#e8e8bb

#e3e3bf

#dfdfc4

#dadac8

#d6d6cd

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.24:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.24:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ececc5 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#ececc8 · ΔE 4.5

Tritanopia

#ecd0d2 · ΔE 27.1

Achromatopsia

#e9e9e9 · ΔE 17.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ececb6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ececb6]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#ececb6 (#ececb6) is rgb(236, 236, 182) in RGB.

No, #ececb6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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