#ECDD61#ECDD61

#ECDD61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.145 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDD61
RGB	rgb(236, 221, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.20, -9.77, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.20, 62.06, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(88.63% -0.0312 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(88.63% 0.145 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.6084, 70.4112, 21.5998)
Luminance	0.7041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDD61 #6170EC

analogous

#EC9761 #ECDD61 #B6EC61

triadic

#ECDD61 #61ECDD #DD61EC

tetradic

#ECDD61 #61EC97 #6170EC #EC61B6

square

#ECDD61 #61EC97 #6170EC #EC61B6

split-complementary

#ECDD61 #61B6EC #9761EC

monochromatic

#BCAA17 #E5D12A #ECDD61 #F3E998 #F9F5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#ECDD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#ECDD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDD61

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDD61	1.00	1.39	15.08	15.08
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 221, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.145 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e792',
    500: '#ecdd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdd61;
$custom-light: #f5e792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.525,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88628,
    "c": 0.14454,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDD61

secondary

#3645BB

accent

#21DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDD61

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

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