#ECE160#ECE160

#ECE160 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.149 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE160
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 96)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 59.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.22, -11.84, 62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.22, 63.95, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(89.44% -0.0371 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(89.44% 0.149 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.6308, 72.5300, 21.7120)
Luminance	0.7253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE160 #606BEC

analogous

#EC9B60 #ECE160 #B1EC60

triadic

#ECE160 #60ECE1 #E160EC

tetradic

#ECE160 #60EC9B #606BEC #EC60B1

square

#ECE160 #60EC9B #606BEC #EC60B1

split-complementary

#ECE160 #60B1EC #9B60EC

monochromatic

#BBAE16 #E5D729 #ECE160 #F3EB97 #F9F6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#ECE160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE160

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE160	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.149 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea92',
    500: '#ece160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece160;
$custom-light: #f5ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.286,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8944,
    "c": 0.14905,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE160

secondary

#3640BA

accent

#1BDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE160

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

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