#ECD661#ECD661

#ECD661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.138 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD661
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.40, -6.25, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.40, 59.61, 96.02°)
OKLab	oklab(87.2% -0.0211 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(87.2% 0.138 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.7987, 66.7917, 20.9965)
Luminance	0.6679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD661 #6177EC

analogous

#EC9161 #ECD661 #BCEC61

triadic

#ECD661 #61ECD6 #D661EC

tetradic

#ECD661 #61EC91 #6177EC #EC61BC

square

#ECD661 #61EC91 #6177EC #EC61BC

split-complementary

#ECD661 #61BCEC #9161EC

monochromatic

#BCA217 #E5C82A #ECD661 #F3E498 #F9F2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#ECD661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#ECD661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD661

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD661	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.138 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e292',
    500: '#ecd661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd661;
$custom-light: #f5e292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.504,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.872,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD661

secondary

#364BBB

accent

#2CDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD661

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

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