#ECC856#ECC856

#ECC856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.137 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC856
RGB	rgb(236, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, 0.19, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 60.09, 89.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0038 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.137 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.9288, 59.8164, 17.3495)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC856 #567AEC

analogous

#EC7D56 #ECC856 #C5EC56

triadic

#ECC856 #56ECC8 #C856EC

tetradic

#ECC856 #56EC7D #567AEC #EC56C5

square

#ECC856 #56EC7D #567AEC #EC56C5

split-complementary

#ECC856 #56C5EC #7D56EC

monochromatic

#B38D14 #E6B61F #ECC856 #F2DA8D #F8ECC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#ECC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#ECC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC856

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC856	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)

#DCC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.137 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d88a',
    500: '#ecc856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc856;
$custom-light: #f6d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84274,
    "c": 0.13716,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC856

secondary

#3352B3

accent

#3CDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC856

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

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