#ECE16F#ECE16F

#ECE16F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.136 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE16F
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 111)
HSL	hsl(55, 77%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 53%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.37, -10.73, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.37, 57.35, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(89.6% -0.0324 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(89.6% 0.136 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.3885, 72.8331, 25.7023)
Luminance	0.7283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE16F #6F7AEC

analogous

#ECA26F #ECE16F #B8EC6F

triadic

#ECE16F #6FECE1 #E16FEC

tetradic

#ECE16F #6FECA2 #6F7AEC #EC6FB8

square

#ECE16F #6FECA2 #6F7AEC #EC6FB8

split-complementary

#ECE16F #6FB8EC #A26FEC

monochromatic

#C6B71A #E5D639 #ECE16F #F3ECA5 #FAF8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE16F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#ECE16F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE16F

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE16F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE16F	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E075

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD4C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece16f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.136 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ea9b',
    500: '#ece16f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece16f;
$custom-light: #f4ea9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece16f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.72,
    "s": 76.687,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89602,
    "c": 0.136,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE16F

secondary

#3B47C4

accent

#1FD90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE16F

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

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