#ECED61#ECED61

#ECED61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.160 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECED61
RGB	rgb(236, 237, 97)
HSL	hsl(60, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 59.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.35, -17.67, 65.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.35, 68.18, 105.02°)
OKLab	oklab(91.94% -0.0536 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(91.94% 0.16 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.0359, 79.2661, 23.0756)
Luminance	0.7926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECED61 #6261ED

analogous

#EDA861 #ECED61 #A6ED61

triadic

#ECED61 #61ECED #ED61EC

tetradic

#ECED61 #61EDA8 #6261ED #ED61A6

square

#ECED61 #61EDA8 #6261ED #ED61A6

split-complementary

#ECED61 #61A6ED #A861ED

monochromatic

#BDBE16 #E5E72A #ECED61 #F3F398 #F9FACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#ECED61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#ECED61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECED61

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECED61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECED61	1.00	1.25	16.85	16.85
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FEE451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBDFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eced61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 237, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.160 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f293',
    500: '#eced61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eced61;
$custom-light: #f5f293;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eced61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.429,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91937,
    "c": 0.1601,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECED61

secondary

#3736BD

accent

#0ADC0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECED61

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

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