#ECC54A#ECC54A

#ECC54A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.144 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC54A
RGB	rgb(236, 197, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 68.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.88, 1.05, 64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.88, 64.26, 89.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.0027 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.144 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.7973, 58.2631, 14.7842)
Luminance	0.5826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC54A #4A71EC

analogous

#EC744A #ECC54A #C2EC4A

triadic

#ECC54A #4AECC5 #C54AEC

tetradic

#ECC54A #4AEC74 #4A71EC #EC4AC2

square

#ECC54A #4AEC74 #4A71EC #EC4AC2

split-complementary

#ECC54A #4AC2EC #744AEC

monochromatic

#AA8512 #E1B118 #ECC54A #F2D781 #F8E8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#ECC54A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#ECC54A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC54A

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC54A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC54A	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC23A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc54a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 197, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.144 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d683',
    500: '#ecc54a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc54a;
$custom-light: #f6d683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc54a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.556,
    "s": 81,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83569,
    "c": 0.14407,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC54A

secondary

#2F4DAB

accent

#3BDD08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC54A

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

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