#ECE661#ECE661

#ECE661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.753; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.153 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE661
RGB	rgb(236, 230, 97)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.53, -14.24, 63.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.53, 65.43, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(90.48% -0.0439 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(90.48% 0.153 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.0486, 75.2916, 22.4131)
Luminance	0.7529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE661 #6167EC

analogous

#ECA061 #ECE661 #ACEC61

triadic

#ECE661 #61ECE6 #E661EC

tetradic

#ECE661 #61ECA0 #6167EC #EC61AC

square

#ECE661 #61ECA0 #6167EC #EC61AC

split-complementary

#ECE661 #61ACEC #A061EC

monochromatic

#BCB517 #E5DD2A #ECE661 #F3EF98 #F9F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.06

#ECE661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE661

16.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE661	1.00	1.31	16.06	16.06
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 230, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.153 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ed93',
    500: '#ece661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece661;
$custom-light: #f5ed93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.41,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90482,
    "c": 0.15305,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE661

secondary

#363CBB

accent

#14DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE661

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

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