#ECC953#ECC953

#ECC953 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.140 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC953
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 64.8%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, -0.51, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 61.63, 90.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% -0.0062 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.14 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.0428, 60.2338, 16.8036)
Luminance	0.6023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC953 #5376EC

analogous

#EC7D53 #ECC953 #C2EC53

triadic

#ECC953 #53ECC9 #C953EC

tetradic

#ECC953 #53EC7D #5376EC #EC53C2

square

#ECC953 #53EC7D #5376EC #EC53C2

split-complementary

#ECC953 #53C2EC #7D53EC

monochromatic

#B18D14 #E6B81C #ECC953 #F2DA8A #F8ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#ECC953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#ECC953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC953

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC953	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.140 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d988',
    500: '#ecc953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc953;
$custom-light: #f6d988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.275,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84444,
    "c": 0.14008,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC953

secondary

#324FB1

accent

#39DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC953

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

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