#ECEA61#ECEA61

#ECEA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.775; OKLCH L 91.3% C 0.157 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEA61
RGB	rgb(236, 234, 97)
HSL	hsl(59, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.57, -16.20, 65.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.57, 66.99, 104.00°)
OKLab	oklab(91.31% -0.0495 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(91.31% 0.157 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.1746, 77.5435, 22.7885)
Luminance	0.7754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEA61 #6163EC

analogous

#ECA561 #ECEA61 #A8EC61

triadic

#ECEA61 #61ECEA #EA61EC

tetradic

#ECEA61 #61ECA5 #6163EC #EC61A8

square

#ECEA61 #61ECA5 #6163EC #EC61A8

split-complementary

#ECEA61 #61A8EC #A561EC

monochromatic

#BCBA17 #E5E32A #ECEA61 #F3F198 #F9F9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECEA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.51

#ECEA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEA61

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEA61	1.00	1.27	16.51	16.51
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecea61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 234, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.3% 0.157 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f093',
    500: '#ecea61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecea61;
$custom-light: #f5f093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecea61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.137,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91312,
    "c": 0.15703,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.77542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEA61

secondary

#3638BB

accent

#0EDB0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEA61

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

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