#ECD761#ECD761

#ECD761 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.139 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD761
RGB	rgb(236, 215, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, -6.76, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 59.95, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(87.4% -0.0225 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(87.4% 0.139 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.0525, 67.2994, 21.0811)
Luminance	0.6730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD761 #6176EC

analogous

#EC9161 #ECD761 #BCEC61

triadic

#ECD761 #61ECD7 #D761EC

tetradic

#ECD761 #61EC91 #6176EC #EC61BC

square

#ECD761 #61EC91 #6176EC #EC61BC

split-complementary

#ECD761 #61BCEC #9161EC

monochromatic

#BCA317 #E5C92A #ECD761 #F3E598 #F9F3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#ECD761 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#ECD761 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD761

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD761	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD761	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd761;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 215, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.139 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e392',
    500: '#ecd761',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd761;
$custom-light: #f5e392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd761",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.935,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87404,
    "c": 0.1393,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD761

secondary

#364ABB

accent

#2ADB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD761

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

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