#ECC853#ECC853

#ECC853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.139 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC853
RGB	rgb(236, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, 0.00, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 61.36, 90.00°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% -0.0047 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.139 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.8105, 59.7691, 16.7262)
Luminance	0.5977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC853 #5377EC

analogous

#EC7B53 #ECC853 #C4EC53

triadic

#ECC853 #53ECC8 #C853EC

tetradic

#ECC853 #53EC7B #5377EC #EC53C4

square

#ECC853 #53EC7B #5377EC #EC53C4

split-complementary

#ECC853 #53C4EC #7B53EC

monochromatic

#B18C14 #E6B61C #ECC853 #F2DA8A #F8EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#ECC853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#ECC853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC853

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC853	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.139 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d888',
    500: '#ecc853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc853;
$custom-light: #f6d888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84245,
    "c": 0.13945,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC853

secondary

#3250B1

accent

#3BDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC853

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

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