#ECC64D#ECC64D

#ECC64D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.143 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC64D
RGB	rgb(236, 198, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.16, 0.70, 63.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.16, 63.30, 89.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.0034 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.143 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.1286, 58.7601, 15.4052)
Luminance	0.5876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC64D #4D73EC

analogous

#EC774D #ECC64D #C3EC4D

triadic

#ECC64D #4DECC6 #C64DEC

tetradic

#ECC64D #4DEC77 #4D73EC #EC4DC3

square

#ECC64D #4DEC77 #4D73EC #EC4DC3

split-complementary

#ECC64D #4DC3EC #774DEC

monochromatic

#AC8712 #E4B318 #ECC64D #F2D884 #F8E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC64D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#ECC64D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC64D

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC64D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC64D	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)

#DBC33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc64d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 198, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.143 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d685',
    500: '#ecc64d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc64d;
$custom-light: #f6d685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc64d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.66,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83793,
    "c": 0.14258,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC64D

secondary

#304EAD

accent

#3BDD08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC64D

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

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