#ECC44B#ECC44B

#ECC44B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.143 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC44B
RGB	rgb(236, 196, 75)
HSL	hsl(45, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 68.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, 1.62, 63.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 63.61, 88.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.001 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.143 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.6050, 57.8240, 14.8876)
Luminance	0.5782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC44B #4B73EC

analogous

#EC734B #ECC44B #C4EC4B

triadic

#ECC44B #4BECC4 #C44BEC

tetradic

#ECC44B #4BEC73 #4B73EC #EC4BC4

square

#ECC44B #4BEC73 #4B73EC #EC4BC4

split-complementary

#ECC44B #4BC4EC #734BEC

monochromatic

#AB8512 #E2B018 #ECC44B #F2D682 #F8E8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#ECC44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#ECC44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC44B

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC44B	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 196, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.143 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d583',
    500: '#ecc44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc44b;
$custom-light: #f6d583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.093,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83379,
    "c": 0.14282,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC44B

secondary

#304EAC

accent

#3DDD08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC44B

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

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