#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
RGBrgb(236, 233, 97)
HSLhsl(59, 79%, 65%)
HSVhsv(59, 59%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1.3%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(90.31, -15.72, 64.71)
CIE-LCHlch(90.31, 66.59, 103.65°)
OKLaboklab(91.1% -0.0481 0.1484)
OKLCHoklch(91.1% 0.156 107.9)
XYZxyz(65.8907, 76.9757, 22.6938)
Luminance0.7697 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##ECE9611.001.2816.3916.39
#FFFFFF1.281.0021.0021.00
#00000016.3921.001.001.00
##00000016.3921.001.001.00

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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#ECE961 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva