#ECC742#ECC742

#ECC742 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.150 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC742
RGB	rgb(236, 199, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 82%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 72%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, -0.37, 67.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 67.83, 90.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0077 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.15 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.0019, 59.0763, 13.6064)
Luminance	0.5907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC742 #4267EC

analogous

#EC7242 #ECC742 #BCEC42

triadic

#ECC742 #42ECC7 #C742EC

tetradic

#ECC742 #42EC72 #4267EC #EC42BC

square

#ECC742 #42EC72 #4267EC #EC42BC

split-complementary

#ECC742 #42BCEC #7242EC

monochromatic

#A38310 #DBB016 #ECC742 #F2D77A #F7E8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#ECC742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#ECC742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC742

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC742	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 199, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.150 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d77e',
    500: '#ecc742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc742;
$custom-light: #f6d77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.941,
    "s": 81.731,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83905,
    "c": 0.1504,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC742

secondary

#2D47A5

accent

#5BF830

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC742

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

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