#ECC85B#ECC85B

#ECC85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.133 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC85B
RGB	rgb(236, 200, 91)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, 0.50, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 57.93, 89.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% -0.0023 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.133 91)
XYZ	xyz(57.1374, 59.8998, 18.4478)
Luminance	0.5990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC85B #5B7FEC

analogous

#EC805B #ECC85B #C8EC5B

triadic

#ECC85B #5BECC8 #C85BEC

tetradic

#ECC85B #5BEC80 #5B7FEC #EC5BC8

square

#ECC85B #5BEC80 #5B7FEC #EC5BC8

split-complementary

#ECC85B #5BC8EC #805BEC

monochromatic

#B78F15 #E6B624 #ECC85B #F2DA92 #F9EDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#ECC85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#ECC85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC85B

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC85B	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)

#DCC54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 200, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.133 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d88d',
    500: '#ecc85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc85b;
$custom-light: #f5d88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.103,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84324,
    "c": 0.13321,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.59897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC85B

secondary

#3455B7

accent

#3EDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC85B

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

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