#ECEE61#ECEE61

#ECEE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.161 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEE61
RGB	rgb(236, 238, 97)
HSL	hsl(61, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.62, -18.15, 66.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.62, 68.58, 105.35°)
OKLab	oklab(92.15% -0.055 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(92.15% 0.161 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(67.3262, 79.8467, 23.1723)
Luminance	0.7984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEE61 #6361EE

analogous

#EEA961 #ECEE61 #A5EE61

triadic

#ECEE61 #61ECEE #EE61EC

tetradic

#ECEE61 #61EEA9 #6361EE #EE61A5

square

#ECEE61 #61EEA9 #6361EE #EE61A5

split-complementary

#ECEE61 #61A5EE #A961EE

monochromatic

#BEC015 #E5E82A #ECEE61 #F3F498 #F9FAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#ECEE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.97

#ECEE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEE61

16.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEE61	1.00	1.24	16.97	16.97
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecee61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 238, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.161 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f393',
    500: '#ecee61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecee61;
$custom-light: #f5f393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecee61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.851,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92146,
    "c": 0.16113,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEE61

secondary

#3735BE

accent

#09DD0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEE61

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

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