#ECC653#ECC653

#ECC653 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.138 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC653
RGB	rgb(236, 198, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, 1.04, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 60.82, 89.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.0017 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.138 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.3503, 58.8488, 16.5728)
Luminance	0.5885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC653 #5379EC

analogous

#EC7953 #ECC653 #C6EC53

triadic

#ECC653 #53ECC6 #C653EC

tetradic

#ECC653 #53EC79 #5379EC #EC53C6

square

#ECC653 #53EC79 #5379EC #EC53C6

split-complementary

#ECC653 #53C6EC #7953EC

monochromatic

#B18A14 #E6B41C #ECC653 #F2D88A #F8EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#ECC653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#ECC653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC653

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC653	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 198, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.138 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d788',
    500: '#ecc653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc653;
$custom-light: #f6d788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.098,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83847,
    "c": 0.13823,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC653

secondary

#3252B1

accent

#3EDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC653

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

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