#ECC757#ECC757

#ECC757 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.136 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC757
RGB	rgb(236, 199, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.50, 0.76, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.50, 59.39, 89.26°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% -0.002 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.136 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.7386, 59.3710, 17.4862)
Luminance	0.5937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC757 #577CEC

analogous

#EC7C57 #ECC757 #C6EC57

triadic

#ECC757 #57ECC7 #C757EC

tetradic

#ECC757 #57EC7C #577CEC #EC57C6

square

#ECC757 #57EC7C #577CEC #EC57C6

split-complementary

#ECC757 #57C6EC #7C57EC

monochromatic

#B48D14 #E6B520 #ECC757 #F2D98E #F8ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#ECC757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#ECC757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC757

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC757	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)

#DBC44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 199, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.136 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d78b',
    500: '#ecc757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc757;
$custom-light: #f6d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.101,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84084,
    "c": 0.13578,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC757

secondary

#3353B4

accent

#3EDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC757

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

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