#ECE961#ECE961

#ECE961 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.770; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.156 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE961
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.31, -15.72, 64.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.31, 66.59, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(91.1% -0.0481 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(91.1% 0.156 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.8907, 76.9757, 22.6938)
Luminance	0.7697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE961 #6164EC

analogous

#ECA361 #ECE961 #A9EC61

triadic

#ECE961 #61ECE9 #E961EC

tetradic

#ECE961 #61ECA3 #6164EC #EC61A9

square

#ECE961 #61ECA3 #6164EC #EC61A9

split-complementary

#ECE961 #61A9EC #A361EC

monochromatic

#BCB817 #E5E12A #ECE961 #F3F198 #F9F8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.39

#ECE961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE961

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE961	1.00	1.28	16.39	16.39
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.156 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef93',
    500: '#ece961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece961;
$custom-light: #f5ef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91104,
    "c": 0.15603,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.76974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE961

secondary

#3639BB

accent

#0FDB0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE961

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

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