#ECC756#ECC756

#ECC756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.137 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC756
RGB	rgb(236, 199, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.49, 0.70, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.49, 59.82, 89.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% -0.0023 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.137 91)
XYZ	xyz(56.6980, 59.3548, 17.2725)
Luminance	0.5935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC756 #567BEC

analogous

#EC7C56 #ECC756 #C6EC56

triadic

#ECC756 #56ECC7 #C756EC

tetradic

#ECC756 #56EC7C #567BEC #EC56C6

square

#ECC756 #56EC7C #567BEC #EC56C6

split-complementary

#ECC756 #56C6EC #7C56EC

monochromatic

#B38C14 #E6B51F #ECC756 #F2D98D #F8EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#ECC756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#ECC756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC756

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC756	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 199, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.137 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d78a',
    500: '#ecc756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc756;
$custom-light: #f6d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.2,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84075,
    "c": 0.13655,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.59352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC756

secondary

#3353B3

accent

#3DDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC756

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

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