#ECC751#ECC751

#ECC751 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.140 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC751
RGB	rgb(236, 199, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, 0.40, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 61.92, 89.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.03% -0.0038 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(84.03% 0.14 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.5035, 59.2770, 16.2484)
Luminance	0.5927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC751 #5176EC

analogous

#EC7951 #ECC751 #C4EC51

triadic

#ECC751 #51ECC7 #C751EC

tetradic

#ECC751 #51EC79 #5176EC #EC51C4

square

#ECC751 #51EC79 #5176EC #EC51C4

split-complementary

#ECC751 #51C4EC #7951EC

monochromatic

#AF8A13 #E6B51A #ECC751 #F2D988 #F8EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#ECC751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#ECC751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC751

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC751	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)

#DCC443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 199, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.140 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d787',
    500: '#ecc751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc751;
$custom-light: #f6d787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.677,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84027,
    "c": 0.14031,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC751

secondary

#3150B0

accent

#3BDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC751

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

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