#ECD861#ECD861

#ECD861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.140 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD861
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.91, -7.26, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.91, 60.29, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(87.61% -0.024 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(87.61% 0.14 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.3079, 67.8102, 21.1663)
Luminance	0.6781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD861 #6175EC

analogous

#EC9261 #ECD861 #BAEC61

triadic

#ECD861 #61ECD8 #D861EC

tetradic

#ECD861 #61EC92 #6175EC #EC61BA

square

#ECD861 #61EC92 #6175EC #EC61BA

split-complementary

#ECD861 #61BAEC #9261EC

monochromatic

#BCA417 #E5CB2A #ECD861 #F3E598 #F9F3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#ECD861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD861

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD861	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.140 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e392',
    500: '#ecd861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd861;
$custom-light: #f5e392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87607,
    "c": 0.14015,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD861

secondary

#3649BB

accent

#29DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD861

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

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