#ECE16E#ECE16E

#ECE16E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.137 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE16E
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 110)
HSL	hsl(55, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 53.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.36, -10.81, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.36, 57.81, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(89.59% -0.0327 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(89.59% 0.137 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.3337, 72.8112, 25.4140)
Luminance	0.7281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE16E #6E79EC

analogous

#ECA26E #ECE16E #B8EC6E

triadic

#ECE16E #6EECE1 #E16EEC

tetradic

#ECE16E #6EECA2 #6E79EC #EC6EB8

square

#ECE16E #6EECA2 #6E79EC #EC6EB8

split-complementary

#ECE16E #6EB8EC #A26EEC

monochromatic

#C6B71A #E5D638 #ECE16E #F3ECA4 #FAF7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#ECE16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE16E

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE16E	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E074

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.137 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea9b',
    500: '#ece16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece16e;
$custom-light: #f5ea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.762,
    "s": 76.829,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8959,
    "c": 0.13692,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE16E

secondary

#3B47C3

accent

#1ED90C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE16E

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

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