#ECC84D#ECC84D

#ECC84D 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 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC84D
RGB	rgb(236, 200, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, -0.34, 63.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 63.83, 90.30°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% -0.0064 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.144 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.5888, 59.6804, 15.5586)
Luminance	0.5968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC84D #4D71EC

analogous

#EC794D #ECC84D #C1EC4D

triadic

#ECC84D #4DECC8 #C84DEC

tetradic

#ECC84D #4DEC79 #4D71EC #EC4DC1

square

#ECC84D #4DEC79 #4D71EC #EC4DC1

split-complementary

#ECC84D #4DC1EC #794DEC

monochromatic

#AC8912 #E4B618 #ECC84D #F2D984 #F8EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#ECC84D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#ECC84D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC84D

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC84D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC84D	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc84d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 200, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.144 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d885',
    500: '#ecc84d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc84d;
$custom-light: #f6d885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc84d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.415,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84191,
    "c": 0.1438,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC84D

secondary

#304CAD

accent

#39DD08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC84D

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

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