#ECE163#ECE163

#ECE163 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.147 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE163
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 99)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 58.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.25, -11.63, 61.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.25, 62.67, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(89.47% -0.0362 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(89.47% 0.147 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.7716, 72.5864, 22.4533)
Luminance	0.7258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE163 #636EEC

analogous

#EC9C63 #ECE163 #B3EC63

triadic

#ECE163 #63ECE1 #E163EC

tetradic

#ECE163 #63EC9C #636EEC #EC63B3

square

#ECE163 #63EC9C #636EEC #EC63B3

split-complementary

#ECE163 #63B3EC #9C63EC

monochromatic

#BEB017 #E5D72C #ECE163 #F3EB9A #F9F6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE163 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#ECE163 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE163

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE163	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE163	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece163;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.147 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea94',
    500: '#ece163',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece163;
$custom-light: #f5ea94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece163",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 78.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8947,
    "c": 0.14657,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE163

secondary

#3742BC

accent

#1CDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE163

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

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