#ECEB61#ECEB61

#ECEB61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.158 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEB61
RGB	rgb(236, 235, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.83, -16.69, 65.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.83, 67.38, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(91.52% -0.0508 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(91.52% 0.158 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.4601, 78.1144, 22.8836)
Luminance	0.7811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEB61 #6162EC

analogous

#ECA561 #ECEB61 #A8EC61

triadic

#ECEB61 #61ECEB #EB61EC

tetradic

#ECEB61 #61ECA5 #6162EC #EC61A8

square

#ECEB61 #61ECA5 #6162EC #EC61A8

split-complementary

#ECEB61 #61A8EC #A561EC

monochromatic

#BCBB17 #E5E42A #ECEB61 #F3F298 #F9F9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#ECEB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.62

#ECEB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEB61

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEB61	1.00	1.26	16.62	16.62
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eceb61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 235, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.158 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f193',
    500: '#eceb61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eceb61;
$custom-light: #f5f193;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eceb61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.568,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9152,
    "c": 0.15805,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEB61

secondary

#3637BB

accent

#0CDB0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEB61

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

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