#ECC542#ECC542

#ECC542 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.149 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC542
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 82%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 72%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.83, 0.66, 67.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.83, 67.33, 89.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0048 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.149 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.5447, 58.1620, 13.4540)
Luminance	0.5816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC542 #4269EC

analogous

#EC7042 #ECC542 #BEEC42

triadic

#ECC542 #42ECC5 #C542EC

tetradic

#ECC542 #42EC70 #4269EC #EC42BE

square

#ECC542 #42EC70 #4269EC #EC42BE

split-complementary

#ECC542 #42BEEC #7042EC

monochromatic

#A38210 #DBAE16 #ECC542 #F2D67A #F7E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#ECC542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#ECC542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC542

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC542	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.149 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d67e',
    500: '#ecc542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc542;
$custom-light: #f6d67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.235,
    "s": 81.731,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83507,
    "c": 0.14923,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC542

secondary

#2D49A5

accent

#5EF830

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC542

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

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