#ECE261#ECE261

#ECE261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.731; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.149 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE261
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.49, -12.27, 62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.49, 63.90, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.0383 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.149 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.9483, 73.0908, 22.0464)
Luminance	0.7309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE261 #616BEC

analogous

#EC9C61 #ECE261 #B1EC61

triadic

#ECE261 #61ECE2 #E261EC

tetradic

#ECE261 #61EC9C #616BEC #EC61B1

square

#ECE261 #61EC9C #616BEC #EC61B1

split-complementary

#ECE261 #61B1EC #9C61EC

monochromatic

#BCB017 #E5D82A #ECE261 #F3EC98 #F9F6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.62

#ECE261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE261

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE261	1.00	1.34	15.62	15.62
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.149 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea93',
    500: '#ece261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece261;
$custom-light: #f5ea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.683,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89656,
    "c": 0.14918,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.73089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE261

secondary

#3640BB

accent

#1ADB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE261

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

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