#ECDE61#ECDE61

#ECDE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.145 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDE61
RGB	rgb(236, 222, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.46, -10.27, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.46, 62.42, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(88.83% -0.0326 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(88.83% 0.145 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.8733, 70.9408, 21.6880)
Luminance	0.7094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDE61 #616FEC

analogous

#EC9961 #ECDE61 #B4EC61

triadic

#ECDE61 #61ECDE #DE61EC

tetradic

#ECDE61 #61EC99 #616FEC #EC61B4

square

#ECDE61 #61EC99 #616FEC #EC61B4

split-complementary

#ECDE61 #61B4EC #9961EC

monochromatic

#BCAB17 #E5D32A #ECDE61 #F3E998 #F9F5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#ECDE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#ECDE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDE61

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDE61	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecde61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 222, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.145 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e892',
    500: '#ecde61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecde61;
$custom-light: #f5e892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecde61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.957,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88833,
    "c": 0.14545,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDE61

secondary

#3644BB

accent

#20DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDE61

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

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