#ECC648#ECC648

#ECC648 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.146 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC648
RGB	rgb(236, 198, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 69.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, 0.43, 65.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 65.29, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.75% -0.0048 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(83.75% 0.146 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.9588, 58.6922, 14.5109)
Luminance	0.5869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC648 #486EEC

analogous

#EC7448 #ECC648 #C0EC48

triadic

#ECC648 #48ECC6 #C648EC

tetradic

#ECC648 #48EC74 #486EEC #EC48C0

square

#ECC648 #48EC74 #486EEC #EC48C0

split-complementary

#ECC648 #48C0EC #7448EC

monochromatic

#A88511 #E0B117 #ECC648 #F2D77F #F8E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#ECC648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC648

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC648	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 198, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.146 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d682',
    500: '#ecc648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc648;
$custom-light: #f6d682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.098,
    "s": 81.188,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83751,
    "c": 0.146,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC648

secondary

#2F4BAA

accent

#39DE08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC648

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

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