#ECC94C#ECC94C

#ECC94C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.145 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC94C
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 76)
HSL	hsl(47, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 67.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.91, -0.90, 64.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.91, 64.50, 90.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.38% -0.0081 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(84.38% 0.145 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.7861, 60.1311, 15.4515)
Luminance	0.6013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC94C #4C6FEC

analogous

#EC794C #ECC94C #BFEC4C

triadic

#ECC94C #4CECC9 #C94CEC

tetradic

#ECC94C #4CEC79 #4C6FEC #EC4CBF

square

#ECC94C #4CEC79 #4C6FEC #EC4CBF

split-complementary

#ECC94C #4CBFEC #794CEC

monochromatic

#AB8A12 #E3B618 #ECC94C #F2DA83 #F8EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#ECC94C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#ECC94C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC94C

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC94C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC94C	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc94c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.145 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d984',
    500: '#ecc94c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc94c;
$custom-light: #f6d984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc94c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 80.808,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84382,
    "c": 0.14512,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC94C

secondary

#304BAC

accent

#37DD08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC94C

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

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