#ECD461#ECD461

#ECD461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.137 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD461
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.89, -5.24, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.89, 58.94, 95.10°)
OKLab	oklab(86.8% -0.0181 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(86.8% 0.137 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.2956, 65.7856, 20.8288)
Luminance	0.6578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD461 #6179EC

analogous

#EC8E61 #ECD461 #BFEC61

triadic

#ECD461 #61ECD4 #D461EC

tetradic

#ECD461 #61EC8E #6179EC #EC61BF

square

#ECD461 #61EC8E #6179EC #EC61BF

split-complementary

#ECD461 #61BFEC #8E61EC

monochromatic

#BC9F17 #E5C52A #ECD461 #F3E398 #F9F2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#ECD461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#ECD461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD461

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD461	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.137 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e092',
    500: '#ecd461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd461;
$custom-light: #f5e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.64,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86795,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD461

secondary

#364DBB

accent

#2FDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD461

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

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