#ECCA61#ECCA61

#ECCA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.130 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCA61
RGB	rgb(236, 202, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.35, -0.12, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.35, 55.83, 90.12°)
OKLab	oklab(84.79% -0.0034 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(84.79% 0.13 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.8728, 60.9400, 20.0212)
Luminance	0.6094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECCA61 #6183EC

analogous

#EC8561 #ECCA61 #C8EC61

triadic

#ECCA61 #61ECCA #CA61EC

tetradic

#ECCA61 #61EC85 #6183EC #EC61C8

square

#ECCA61 #61EC85 #6183EC #EC61C8

split-complementary

#ECCA61 #61C8EC #8561EC

monochromatic

#BC9417 #E5B82A #ECCA61 #F3DC98 #F9EFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#ECCA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#ECCA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCA61

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCA61	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecca61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 202, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.130 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d991',
    500: '#ecca61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecca61;
$custom-light: #f5d991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecca61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84787,
    "c": 0.12951,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCA61

secondary

#3657BB

accent

#3EDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCA61

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

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