#ECC855#ECC855

#ECC855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.138 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC855
RGB	rgb(236, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, 0.12, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 60.51, 89.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.0041 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.138 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.8888, 59.8004, 17.1387)
Luminance	0.5980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC855 #5579EC

analogous

#EC7C55 #ECC855 #C5EC55

triadic

#ECC855 #55ECC8 #C855EC

tetradic

#ECC855 #55EC7C #5579EC #EC55C5

square

#ECC855 #55EC7C #5579EC #EC55C5

split-complementary

#ECC855 #55C5EC #7C55EC

monochromatic

#B38D14 #E6B61E #ECC855 #F2DA8C #F8ECC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#ECC855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#ECC855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC855

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC855	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.138 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d88a',
    500: '#ecc855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc855;
$custom-light: #f6d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.695,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84264,
    "c": 0.13793,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC855

secondary

#3351B3

accent

#3CDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC855

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

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