#ECC951#ECC951

#ECC951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.142 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC951
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.95, -0.63, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.95, 62.46, 90.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.43% -0.0068 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(84.43% 0.142 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.9667, 60.2034, 16.4028)
Luminance	0.6020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC951 #5174EC

analogous

#EC7C51 #ECC951 #C1EC51

triadic

#ECC951 #51ECC9 #C951EC

tetradic

#ECC951 #51EC7C #5174EC #EC51C1

square

#ECC951 #51EC7C #5174EC #EC51C1

split-complementary

#ECC951 #51C1EC #7C51EC

monochromatic

#AF8C13 #E6B81A #ECC951 #F2DA88 #F8EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#ECC951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#ECC951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC951

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC951	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.142 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d987',
    500: '#ecc951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc951;
$custom-light: #f6d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84426,
    "c": 0.14156,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC951

secondary

#314EB0

accent

#39DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC951

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

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