#ECC64F#ECC64F

#ECC64F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.141 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC64F
RGB	rgb(236, 198, 79)
HSL	hsl(45, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 66.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, 0.81, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 62.49, 89.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.0029 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.141 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.2003, 58.7888, 15.7828)
Luminance	0.5879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC64F #4F75EC

analogous

#EC784F #ECC64F #C3EC4F

triadic

#ECC64F #4FECC6 #C64FEC

tetradic

#ECC64F #4FEC78 #4F75EC #EC4FC3

square

#ECC64F #4FEC78 #4F75EC #EC4FC3

split-complementary

#ECC64F #4FC3EC #784FEC

monochromatic

#AE8813 #E5B419 #ECC64F #F2D886 #F8EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#ECC64F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#ECC64F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC64F

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC64F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC64F	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc64f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 198, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.141 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d686',
    500: '#ecc64f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc64f;
$custom-light: #f6d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc64f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.478,
    "s": 80.513,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8381,
    "c": 0.14117,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC64F

secondary

#314FAE

accent

#3CDD09

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC64F

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

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