#ECC64A#ECC64A

#ECC64A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.145 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC64A
RGB	rgb(236, 198, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 68.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.14, 0.54, 64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.14, 64.51, 89.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% -0.0042 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.145 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.0251, 58.7187, 14.8601)
Luminance	0.5871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC64A #4A70EC

analogous

#EC754A #ECC64A #C1EC4A

triadic

#ECC64A #4AECC6 #C64AEC

tetradic

#ECC64A #4AEC75 #4A70EC #EC4AC1

square

#ECC64A #4AEC75 #4A70EC #EC4AC1

split-complementary

#ECC64A #4AC1EC #754AEC

monochromatic

#AA8612 #E1B218 #ECC64A #F2D781 #F8E9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC64A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#ECC64A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC64A

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC64A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC64A	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)

#DBC33A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc64a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 198, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.145 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d683',
    500: '#ecc64a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc64a;
$custom-light: #f6d683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc64a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.926,
    "s": 81,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83768,
    "c": 0.14465,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC64A

secondary

#2F4CAB

accent

#3ADD08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC64A

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

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