#ECE16C#ECE16C

#ECE16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.139 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE16C
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 108)
HSL	hsl(55, 77%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 54.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.34, -10.97, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.34, 58.71, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(89.57% -0.0334 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(89.57% 0.139 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.2261, 72.7681, 24.8469)
Luminance	0.7277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE16C #6C77EC

analogous

#ECA16C #ECE16C #B7EC6C

triadic

#ECE16C #6CECE1 #E16CEC

tetradic

#ECE16C #6CECA1 #6C77EC #EC6CB7

square

#ECE16C #6CECA1 #6C77EC #EC6CB7

split-complementary

#ECE16C #6CB7EC #A16CEC

monochromatic

#C4B619 #E5D636 #ECE16C #F3ECA2 #FAF7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#ECE16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE16C

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE16C	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.139 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea99',
    500: '#ece16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece16c;
$custom-light: #f5ea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.844,
    "s": 77.108,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89567,
    "c": 0.13874,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE16C

secondary

#3A46C2

accent

#1ED90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE16C

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

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