#ECE361#ECE361

#ECE361 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.150 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE361
RGB	rgb(236, 227, 97)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.75, -12.76, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.75, 64.28, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(89.86% -0.0397 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(89.86% 0.15 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.2210, 73.6362, 22.1373)
Luminance	0.7363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE361 #616AEC

analogous

#EC9D61 #ECE361 #AFEC61

triadic

#ECE361 #61ECE3 #E361EC

tetradic

#ECE361 #61EC9D #616AEC #EC61AF

square

#ECE361 #61EC9D #616AEC #EC61AF

split-complementary

#ECE361 #61AFEC #9D61EC

monochromatic

#BCB117 #E5D92A #ECE361 #F3ED98 #F9F6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#ECE361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE361

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE361	1.00	1.34	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 227, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.150 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eb93',
    500: '#ece361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece361;
$custom-light: #f5eb93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.115,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89862,
    "c": 0.15014,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE361

secondary

#363FBB

accent

#18DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE361

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

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