#ECDA61#ECDA61

#ECDA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.142 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDA61
RGB	rgb(236, 218, 97)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.43, -8.27, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.43, 60.99, 97.79°)
OKLab	oklab(88.02% -0.0268 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(88.02% 0.142 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.8235, 68.8412, 21.3381)
Luminance	0.6884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDA61 #6173EC

analogous

#EC9461 #ECDA61 #B9EC61

triadic

#ECDA61 #61ECDA #DA61EC

tetradic

#ECDA61 #61EC94 #6173EC #EC61B9

square

#ECDA61 #61EC94 #6173EC #EC61B9

split-complementary

#ECDA61 #61B9EC #9461EC

monochromatic

#BCA717 #E5CD2A #ECDA61 #F3E798 #F9F4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECDA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#ECDA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDA61

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDA61	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecda61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 218, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.142 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e592',
    500: '#ecda61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecda61;
$custom-light: #f5e592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecda61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88015,
    "c": 0.14187,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDA61

secondary

#3647BB

accent

#26DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDA61

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

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