#ECD160#ECD160

#ECD160 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.135 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD160
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 96)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 59.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.11, -3.78, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.11, 58.40, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(86.18% -0.0141 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(86.18% 0.135 96)
XYZ	xyz(59.5063, 64.2811, 20.3371)
Luminance	0.6428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD160 #607BEC

analogous

#EC8B60 #ECD160 #C1EC60

triadic

#ECD160 #60ECD1 #D160EC

tetradic

#ECD160 #60EC8B #607BEC #EC60C1

square

#ECD160 #60EC8B #607BEC #EC60C1

split-complementary

#ECD160 #60C1EC #8B60EC

monochromatic

#BB9B16 #E5C129 #ECD160 #F3E197 #F9F1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ECD160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#ECD160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD160

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD160	1.00	1.52	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.135 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de91',
    500: '#ecd160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd160;
$custom-light: #f5de91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.429,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86179,
    "c": 0.13533,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.64278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD160

secondary

#364FBA

accent

#33DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD160

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

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