#ECD361#ECD361

#ECD361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.136 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD361
RGB	rgb(236, 211, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.63, -4.73, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.63, 58.61, 94.63°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% -0.0167 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.136 97)
XYZ	xyz(60.0464, 65.2872, 20.7457)
Luminance	0.6528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD361 #617AEC

analogous

#EC8E61 #ECD361 #BFEC61

triadic

#ECD361 #61ECD3 #D361EC

tetradic

#ECD361 #61EC8E #617AEC #EC61BF

square

#ECD361 #61EC8E #617AEC #EC61BF

split-complementary

#ECD361 #61BFEC #8E61EC

monochromatic

#BC9E17 #E5C42A #ECD361 #F3E298 #F9F1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ECD361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#ECD361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD361

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD361	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 211, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.136 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e092',
    500: '#ecd361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd361;
$custom-light: #f5e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86593,
    "c": 0.13605,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.65284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD361

secondary

#364EBB

accent

#30DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD361

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

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