#ECC857#ECC857

#ECC857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.136 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC857
RGB	rgb(236, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, 0.25, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 59.66, 89.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% -0.0035 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.136 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.9694, 59.8327, 17.5631)
Luminance	0.5983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC857 #577BEC

analogous

#EC7D57 #ECC857 #C6EC57

triadic

#ECC857 #57ECC8 #C857EC

tetradic

#ECC857 #57EC7D #577BEC #EC57C6

square

#ECC857 #57EC7D #577BEC #EC57C6

split-complementary

#ECC857 #57C6EC #7D57EC

monochromatic

#B48E14 #E6B620 #ECC857 #F2DA8E #F8ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#ECC857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#ECC857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC857

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC857	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.136 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d88b',
    500: '#ecc857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc857;
$custom-light: #f6d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.503,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84283,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC857

secondary

#3352B4

accent

#3CDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC857

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

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