#ECE162#ECE162

#ECE162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.147 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE162
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 58.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.24, -11.70, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.24, 63.10, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(89.46% -0.0365 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(89.46% 0.147 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.7241, 72.5673, 22.2031)
Luminance	0.7257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE162 #626DEC

analogous

#EC9C62 #ECE162 #B2EC62

triadic

#ECE162 #62ECE1 #E162EC

tetradic

#ECE162 #62EC9C #626DEC #EC62B2

square

#ECE162 #62EC9C #626DEC #EC62B2

split-complementary

#ECE162 #62B2EC #9C62EC

monochromatic

#BDB017 #E5D72B #ECE162 #F3EB99 #F9F6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#ECE162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE162

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE162	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)

#F3DA54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.147 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea93',
    500: '#ece162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece162;
$custom-light: #f5ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.217,
    "s": 78.409,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8946,
    "c": 0.14741,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE162

secondary

#3741BC

accent

#1BDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE162

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →