#ECE16A#ECE16A

#ECE16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.727; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.141 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE16A
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 106)
HSL	hsl(55, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 55.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.32, -11.12, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.32, 59.60, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(89.54% -0.034 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(89.54% 0.141 104)
XYZ	xyz(64.1208, 72.7261, 24.2928)
Luminance	0.7272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE16A #6A75EC

analogous

#ECA06A #ECE16A #B6EC6A

triadic

#ECE16A #6AECE1 #E16AEC

tetradic

#ECE16A #6AECA0 #6A75EC #EC6AB6

square

#ECE16A #6AECA0 #6A75EC #EC6AB6

split-complementary

#ECE16A #6AB6EC #A06AEC

monochromatic

#C3B419 #E5D634 #ECE16A #F3ECA0 #FAF7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.54

#ECE16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE16A

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE16A	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)

#F2DA5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E070

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.141 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea98',
    500: '#ece16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece16a;
$custom-light: #f5ea98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.923,
    "s": 77.381,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89544,
    "c": 0.14053,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.72724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE16A

secondary

#3945C1

accent

#1DDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE16A

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

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