#ECC94D#ECC94D

#ECC94D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.144 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC94D
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 77)
HSL	hsl(47, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.92, -0.85, 64.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.92, 64.09, 90.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.39% -0.0079 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(84.39% 0.144 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.8211, 60.1451, 15.6360)
Luminance	0.6014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC94D #4D70EC

analogous

#EC7A4D #ECC94D #C0EC4D

triadic

#ECC94D #4DECC9 #C94DEC

tetradic

#ECC94D #4DEC7A #4D70EC #EC4DC0

square

#ECC94D #4DEC7A #4D70EC #EC4DC0

split-complementary

#ECC94D #4DC0EC #7A4DEC

monochromatic

#AC8A12 #E4B718 #ECC94D #F2DA84 #F8EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#ECC94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#ECC94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC94D

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC94D	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)

#DEC63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.144 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d985',
    500: '#ecc94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc94d;
$custom-light: #f6d985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.792,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84391,
    "c": 0.14442,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC94D

secondary

#304CAD

accent

#37DD08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC94D

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

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