#ECC94E#ECC94E

#ECC94E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.144 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC94E
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 66.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.92, -0.80, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.92, 63.69, 90.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.4% -0.0076 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(84.4% 0.144 93)
XYZ	xyz(56.8567, 60.1593, 15.8234)
Luminance	0.6016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC94E #4E71EC

analogous

#EC7A4E #ECC94E #C0EC4E

triadic

#ECC94E #4EECC9 #C94EEC

tetradic

#ECC94E #4EEC7A #4E71EC #EC4EC0

square

#ECC94E #4EEC7A #4E71EC #EC4EC0

split-complementary

#ECC94E #4EC0EC #7A4EEC

monochromatic

#AD8B13 #E4B719 #ECC94E #F2DA85 #F8EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#ECC94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#ECC94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC94E

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC94E	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)

#DEC63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.144 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d985',
    500: '#ecc94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc94e;
$custom-light: #f6d985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.709,
    "s": 80.612,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.844,
    "c": 0.14372,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.60156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC94E

secondary

#304CAE

accent

#38DD09

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC94E

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

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