#ECC446#ECC446

#ECC446 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.146 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC446
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 70.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.60, 1.37, 65.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.60, 65.58, 88.80°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% -0.0023 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.146 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.4405, 57.7582, 14.0215)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC446 #466EEC

analogous

#EC7146 #ECC446 #C1EC46

triadic

#ECC446 #46ECC4 #C446EC

tetradic

#ECC446 #46EC71 #466EEC #EC46C1

square

#ECC446 #46EC71 #466EEC #EC46C1

split-complementary

#ECC446 #46C1EC #7146EC

monochromatic

#A78211 #DEAE17 #ECC446 #F2D67D #F7E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#ECC446 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#ECC446 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC446

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC446	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC446	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc446;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.146 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d580',
    500: '#ecc446',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc446;
$custom-light: #f6d580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc446",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.542,
    "s": 81.373,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83338,
    "c": 0.14615,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC446

secondary

#2E4BA8

accent

#60F830

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC446

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

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