#ECC85C#ECC85C

#ECC85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.132 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC85C
RGB	rgb(236, 200, 92)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 61%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, 0.57, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 57.49, 89.43°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.002 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.132 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.1808, 59.9172, 18.6765)
Luminance	0.5991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC85C #5C80EC

analogous

#EC805C #ECC85C #C8EC5C

triadic

#ECC85C #5CECC8 #C85CEC

tetradic

#ECC85C #5CEC80 #5C80EC #EC5CC8

square

#ECC85C #5CEC80 #5C80EC #EC5CC8

split-complementary

#ECC85C #5CC8EC #805CEC

monochromatic

#B88F15 #E6B625 #ECC85C #F2DA93 #F9EDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#ECC85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#ECC85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC85C

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC85C	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)

#DCC551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 200, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.132 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d88e',
    500: '#ecc85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc85c;
$custom-light: #f5d88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84334,
    "c": 0.13241,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC85C

secondary

#3555B8

accent

#3EDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC85C

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

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