#ECC244#ECC244

#ECC244 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.146 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC244
RGB	rgb(236, 194, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 71.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, 2.31, 65.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 65.87, 87.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% 0.0002 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.146 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.9303, 56.8372, 13.5452)
Luminance	0.5683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC244 #446EEC

analogous

#EC6E44 #ECC244 #C2EC44

triadic

#ECC244 #44ECC2 #C244EC

tetradic

#ECC244 #44EC6E #446EEC #EC44C2

square

#ECC244 #44EC6E #446EEC #EC44C2

split-complementary

#ECC244 #44C2EC #6E44EC

monochromatic

#A58011 #DCAB16 #ECC244 #F2D47C #F7E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#ECC244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#ECC244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC244

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC244	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 194, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.146 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d47f',
    500: '#ecc244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc244;
$custom-light: #f6d47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 81.553,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82927,
    "c": 0.14634,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC244

secondary

#2E4CA7

accent

#62F830

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC244

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

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