#ECC858#ECC858

#ECC858 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.136 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC858
RGB	rgb(236, 200, 88)
HSL	hsl(45, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 62.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, 0.31, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 59.23, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(84.29% -0.0032 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(84.29% 0.136 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.0105, 59.8491, 17.7798)
Luminance	0.5985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC858 #587CEC

analogous

#EC7E58 #ECC858 #C6EC58

triadic

#ECC858 #58ECC8 #C858EC

tetradic

#ECC858 #58EC7E #587CEC #EC58C6

square

#ECC858 #58EC7E #587CEC #EC58C6

split-complementary

#ECC858 #58C6EC #7E58EC

monochromatic

#B58E15 #E6B621 #ECC858 #F2DA8F #F9ECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#ECC858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#ECC858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC858

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC858	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)

#DCC54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 200, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.136 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d88b',
    500: '#ecc858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc858;
$custom-light: #f6d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 79.57,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84293,
    "c": 0.13561,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC858

secondary

#3353B5

accent

#3DDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC858

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

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