#ECE2B7Buttered (#ECE2B7) is a very light, muted yellow with an OKLCH hue of 96°, lightness 0.91 and chroma 0.057. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a background color — quiet over large surfaces.
| HEX | #ECE2B7 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 226, 183) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 58%, 82%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 22%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4%, 22%, 7%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(89.7 -3.3 22.3) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.910 0.057 96) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Buttered shifts subtly: leans toward orange; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.9), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#f4dcaa — ΔE 1.9, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#f4e3b3 — ΔE 1.2, shifts subtly: leans toward orange#ece2b7 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#ece3ba — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchangedTest Buttered in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 1.3:1 and against black 16.13:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ece2b7 · #d3caa1 · #aba37e · #857d5d · #60593e · #3e3820
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#ece2b7 · #e6c999 · #dab28d · #ca9c84 · #b8887d · #a37577
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#ece2b7 · #b1c8b4 · #ada274 · #63906a · #70663d · #3b513e
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#ece2b7 · #c2beae · #a29c7f · #525988 · #433d26 · #252213
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#ece2b7 · #c2c4cb · #8c897f · #515257 · #242218 · #010102
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#ece2b7 · #a5a08b · #4e482e · #312b0f · #0e0900 · #dec44d
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#ece2b7 · #bad5b7 · #6092c6 · #556b49 · #2f3657 · #041014
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#ece2b7 · #c0c3d3 · #6b8dac · #5d4773 · #01233e · #020005
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#ece2b7 · #b5c8ce · #5e93a1 · #6d4262 · #34142d · #000407
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ece2b7 · #b5c9c6 · #5d958f · #484e7c · #3a121d · #010008
#EEE5C0 · #F0E8C8 · #F2ECD0 · #F4EFD9 · #F6F2E1
#C1B892 · #98906E · #70694C · #4B452C · #29240F
#EAE2C0 · #E7E2C9 · #E5E2D2
Its high lightness and low chroma make it a natural background or large-surface color. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.