#ECC243#ECC243

#ECC243 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.147 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC243
RGB	rgb(236, 194, 67)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 71.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, 2.26, 66.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 66.25, 88.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% -0.0001 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.147 90)
XYZ	xyz(54.9001, 56.8251, 13.3858)
Luminance	0.5682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC243 #436DEC

analogous

#EC6E43 #ECC243 #C1EC43

triadic

#ECC243 #43ECC2 #C243EC

tetradic

#ECC243 #43EC6E #436DEC #EC43C1

square

#ECC243 #43EC6E #436DEC #EC43C1

split-complementary

#ECC243 #43C1EC #6E43EC

monochromatic

#A47F11 #DCAB16 #ECC243 #F2D47B #F7E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#ECC243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#ECC243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC243

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC243	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 194, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.147 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d47f',
    500: '#ecc243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc243;
$custom-light: #f6d47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.089,
    "s": 81.643,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82919,
    "c": 0.14696,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.56822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC243

secondary

#2D4BA6

accent

#62F830

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC243

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

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