#ECE861#ECE861

#ECE861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.155 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE861
RGB	rgb(236, 232, 97)
HSL	hsl(58, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.05, -15.23, 64.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.05, 66.20, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(90.9% -0.0467 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(90.9% 0.155 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.6084, 76.4111, 22.5997)
Luminance	0.7641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE861 #6165EC

analogous

#ECA261 #ECE861 #ABEC61

triadic

#ECE861 #61ECE8 #E861EC

tetradic

#ECE861 #61ECA2 #6165EC #EC61AB

square

#ECE861 #61ECA2 #6165EC #EC61AB

split-complementary

#ECE861 #61ABEC #A261EC

monochromatic

#BCB717 #E5E02A #ECE861 #F3F098 #F9F8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.28

#ECE861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE861

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE861	1.00	1.29	16.28	16.28
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 232, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.155 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef93',
    500: '#ece861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece861;
$custom-light: #f5ef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.273,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90897,
    "c": 0.15502,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.76409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE861

secondary

#363ABB

accent

#11DB0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE861

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

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