#ECE561#ECE561

#ECE561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.747; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.152 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE561
RGB	rgb(236, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.27, -13.75, 63.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.27, 65.04, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(90.28% -0.0425 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(90.28% 0.152 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.7712, 74.7366, 22.3207)
Luminance	0.7473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE561 #6168EC

analogous

#EC9F61 #ECE561 #AEEC61

triadic

#ECE561 #61ECE5 #E561EC

tetradic

#ECE561 #61EC9F #6168EC #EC61AE

square

#ECE561 #61EC9F #6168EC #EC61AE

split-complementary

#ECE561 #61AEEC #9F61EC

monochromatic

#BCB417 #E5DC2A #ECE561 #F3EE98 #F9F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#ECE561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.95

#ECE561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE561

15.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE561	1.00	1.32	15.95	15.95
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.152 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ed93',
    500: '#ece561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece561;
$custom-light: #f5ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.978,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90275,
    "c": 0.15207,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.74735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE561

secondary

#363DBB

accent

#15DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE561

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

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