#ECC94F#ECC94F

#ECC94F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.143 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC94F
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 79)
HSL	hsl(47, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 66.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.93, -0.74, 63.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.93, 63.28, 90.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.41% -0.0073 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(84.41% 0.143 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.8928, 60.1738, 16.0137)
Luminance	0.6017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC94F #4F72EC

analogous

#EC7B4F #ECC94F #C1EC4F

triadic

#ECC94F #4FECC9 #C94FEC

tetradic

#ECC94F #4FEC7B #4F72EC #EC4FC1

square

#ECC94F #4FEC7B #4F72EC #EC4FC1

split-complementary

#ECC94F #4FC1EC #7B4FEC

monochromatic

#AE8B13 #E5B819 #ECC94F #F2DA86 #F8EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#ECC94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#ECC94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC94F

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC94F	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)

#DDC640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.143 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d986',
    500: '#ecc94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc94f;
$custom-light: #f6d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.624,
    "s": 80.513,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84408,
    "c": 0.14301,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC94F

secondary

#314DAE

accent

#38DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC94F

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

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