#ECC64C#ECC64C

#ECC64C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.143 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC64C
RGB	rgb(236, 198, 76)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 67.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, 0.64, 63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 63.71, 89.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.78% -0.0037 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(83.78% 0.143 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.0936, 58.7461, 15.2207)
Luminance	0.5874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC64C #4C72EC

analogous

#EC764C #ECC64C #C2EC4C

triadic

#ECC64C #4CECC6 #C64CEC

tetradic

#ECC64C #4CEC76 #4C72EC #EC4CC2

square

#ECC64C #4CEC76 #4C72EC #EC4CC2

split-complementary

#ECC64C #4CC2EC #764CEC

monochromatic

#AB8712 #E3B318 #ECC64C #F2D883 #F8E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC64C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#ECC64C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC64C

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC64C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC64C	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc64c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 198, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.143 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d684',
    500: '#ecc64c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc64c;
$custom-light: #f6d684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc64c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.75,
    "s": 80.808,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83784,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC64C

secondary

#304DAC

accent

#3BDD08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC64C

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

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