#ECC346#ECC346
#ECC346 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.146 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ECC346 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 195, 70) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 81%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 70%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 70.3%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.35, 1.89, 65.31) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.35, 65.34, 88.35°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.14% -0.0008 0.1456) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.14% 0.146 90.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.2157, 57.3086, 13.9466) |
| Luminance | 0.5730 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.24
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 4.08
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 4.33
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.50
Goldenrod (survey)
#FAC205
ΔE00 4.68
Golden Yellow
#FEC615
ΔE00 4.75
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ECC346 #466FEC
analogous
#EC7046 #ECC346 #C2EC46
triadic
#ECC346 #46ECC3 #C346EC
tetradic
#ECC346 #46EC70 #466FEC #EC46C2
square
#ECC346 #46EC70 #466FEC #EC46C2
split-complementary
#ECC346 #46C2EC #7046EC
monochromatic
#A78211 #DEAD17 #ECC346 #F2D57D #F7E7B5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.69
#ECC346 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.46
#ECC346 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ECC346
12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ECC346 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ECC346 | 1.00 | 1.69 | 12.46 | 12.46 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.69 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8C134
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CC4C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFB3AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ecc346; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 195, 70); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.146 90.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6d480',
500: '#ecc346',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ecc346; $custom-light: #f6d480; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ecc346",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 195,
"b": 70
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.181,
"s": 81.373,
"l": 60
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8314,
"c": 0.1456,
"h": 90.3
},
"luminance": 0.57305
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ECC346
secondary
#2E4CA8
accent
#61F830
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#18140B
muted
#86837E