#ECD261#ECD261

#ECD261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.135 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD261
RGB	rgb(236, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.38, -4.22, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.38, 58.28, 94.15°)
OKLab	oklab(86.39% -0.0152 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(86.39% 0.135 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.7988, 64.7919, 20.6632)
Luminance	0.6479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD261 #617BEC

analogous

#EC8C61 #ECD261 #C0EC61

triadic

#ECD261 #61ECD2 #D261EC

tetradic

#ECD261 #61EC8C #617BEC #EC61C0

square

#ECD261 #61EC8C #617BEC #EC61C0

split-complementary

#ECD261 #61C0EC #8C61EC

monochromatic

#BC9D17 #E5C22A #ECD261 #F3E298 #F9F1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#ECD261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#ECD261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD261

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD261	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.135 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5df92',
    500: '#ecd261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd261;
$custom-light: #f5df92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.777,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86391,
    "c": 0.13526,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD261

secondary

#364FBB

accent

#32DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD261

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

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