#ECC84C#ECC84C

#ECC84C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.144 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC84C
RGB	rgb(236, 200, 76)
HSL	hsl(47, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 67.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, -0.39, 64.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 64.23, 90.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.0067 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.144 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.5538, 59.6664, 15.3740)
Luminance	0.5966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC84C #4C70EC

analogous

#EC784C #ECC84C #C0EC4C

triadic

#ECC84C #4CECC8 #C84CEC

tetradic

#ECC84C #4CEC78 #4C70EC #EC4CC0

square

#ECC84C #4CEC78 #4C70EC #EC4CC0

split-complementary

#ECC84C #4CC0EC #784CEC

monochromatic

#AB8912 #E3B518 #ECC84C #F2D983 #F8EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#ECC84C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#ECC84C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC84C

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC84C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC84C	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc84c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 200, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.144 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d884',
    500: '#ecc84c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc84c;
$custom-light: #f6d884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc84c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 80.808,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84183,
    "c": 0.14449,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC84C

secondary

#304CAC

accent

#38DD08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC84C

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

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