#ECE165#ECE165

#ECE165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.145 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE165
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 101)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.27, -11.49, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.27, 61.80, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(89.49% -0.0356 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(89.49% 0.145 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.8684, 72.6251, 22.9631)
Luminance	0.7262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE165 #6570EC

analogous

#EC9D65 #ECE165 #B3EC65

triadic

#ECE165 #65ECE1 #E165EC

tetradic

#ECE165 #65EC9D #6570EC #EC65B3

square

#ECE165 #65EC9D #6570EC #EC65B3

split-complementary

#ECE165 #65B3EC #9D65EC

monochromatic

#BFB118 #E5D62F #ECE165 #F3EC9B #F9F6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#ECE165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE165

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE165	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)

#F3DA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E06C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.145 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea95',
    500: '#ece165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece165;
$custom-light: #f5ea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.111,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8949,
    "c": 0.14489,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.72623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE165

secondary

#3843BE

accent

#1CDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE165

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

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