#ECE169#ECE169

#ECE169 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.141 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE169
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 105)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 55.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.31, -11.20, 58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.31, 60.05, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(89.53% -0.0343 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(89.53% 0.141 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.0691, 72.7054, 24.0205)
Luminance	0.7270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE169 #6974EC

analogous

#ECA069 #ECE169 #B6EC69

triadic

#ECE169 #69ECE1 #E169EC

tetradic

#ECE169 #69ECA0 #6974EC #EC69B6

square

#ECE169 #69ECA0 #6974EC #EC69B6

split-complementary

#ECE169 #69B6EC #A069EC

monochromatic

#C2B419 #E5D633 #ECE169 #F3EC9F #FAF7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#ECE169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE169

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE169	1.00	1.35	15.54	15.54
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E06F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.141 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea97',
    500: '#ece169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece169;
$custom-light: #f5ea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 77.515,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89533,
    "c": 0.14142,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE169

secondary

#3944C0

accent

#1DDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE169

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

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