#ECC74F#ECC74F

#ECC74F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.142 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC74F
RGB	rgb(236, 199, 79)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 66.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.43, 0.29, 62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.43, 62.75, 89.73°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% -0.0044 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.142 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.4297, 59.2474, 15.8593)
Luminance	0.5924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC74F #4F74EC

analogous

#EC794F #ECC74F #C3EC4F

triadic

#ECC74F #4FECC7 #C74FEC

tetradic

#ECC74F #4FEC79 #4F74EC #EC4FC3

square

#ECC74F #4FEC79 #4F74EC #EC4FC3

split-complementary

#ECC74F #4FC3EC #794FEC

monochromatic

#AE8913 #E5B519 #ECC74F #F2D986 #F8EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#ECC74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#ECC74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC74F

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC74F	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 199, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.142 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d786',
    500: '#ecc74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc74f;
$custom-light: #f6d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.86,
    "s": 80.513,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84009,
    "c": 0.14177,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC74F

secondary

#314EAE

accent

#3BDD09

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC74F

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

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