#ECC85A#ECC85A

#ECC85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.134 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC85A
RGB	rgb(236, 200, 90)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, 0.44, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 58.36, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.31% -0.0026 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(84.31% 0.134 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.0945, 59.8827, 18.2221)
Luminance	0.5988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC85A #5A7EEC

analogous

#EC7F5A #ECC85A #C7EC5A

triadic

#ECC85A #5AECC8 #C85AEC

tetradic

#ECC85A #5AEC7F #5A7EEC #EC5AC7

square

#ECC85A #5AEC7F #5A7EEC #EC5AC7

split-complementary

#ECC85A #5AC7EC #7F5AEC

monochromatic

#B78F15 #E6B623 #ECC85A #F2DA91 #F9EDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#ECC85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#ECC85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC85A

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC85A	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 200, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.134 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d88d',
    500: '#ecc85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc85a;
$custom-light: #f5d88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84314,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC85A

secondary

#3454B6

accent

#3EDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC85A

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

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