#ECC74C#ECC74C

#ECC74C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.144 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC74C
RGB	rgb(236, 199, 76)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 67.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, 0.13, 63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 63.97, 89.89°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0052 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.144 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.3229, 59.2047, 15.2971)
Luminance	0.5920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC74C #4C71EC

analogous

#EC774C #ECC74C #C1EC4C

triadic

#ECC74C #4CECC7 #C74CEC

tetradic

#ECC74C #4CEC77 #4C71EC #EC4CC1

square

#ECC74C #4CEC77 #4C71EC #EC4CC1

split-complementary

#ECC74C #4CC1EC #774CEC

monochromatic

#AB8812 #E3B418 #ECC74C #F2D883 #F8EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#ECC74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#ECC74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC74C

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC74C	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 199, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.144 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d784',
    500: '#ecc74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc74c;
$custom-light: #f6d784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.125,
    "s": 80.808,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83983,
    "c": 0.14388,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC74C

secondary

#304DAC

accent

#3ADD08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC74C

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

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