#ECE164#ECE164

#ECE164 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.146 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE164
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 100)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 57.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.26, -11.56, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.26, 62.24, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(89.48% -0.0359 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(89.48% 0.146 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.8197, 72.6056, 22.7066)
Luminance	0.7260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE164 #646FEC

analogous

#EC9D64 #ECE164 #B3EC64

triadic

#ECE164 #64ECE1 #E164EC

tetradic

#ECE164 #64EC9D #646FEC #EC64B3

square

#ECE164 #64EC9D #646FEC #EC64B3

split-complementary

#ECE164 #64B3EC #9D64EC

monochromatic

#BEB117 #E5D62D #ECE164 #F3EC9B #F9F6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE164 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#ECE164 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE164

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE164	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE164	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)

#F3DA57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E06B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece164;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.146 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea94',
    500: '#ece164',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece164;
$custom-light: #f5ea94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece164",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 78.161,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8948,
    "c": 0.14573,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE164

secondary

#3742BD

accent

#1CDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE164

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

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