#ECC955#ECC955

#ECC955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.139 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC955
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.98, -0.39, 60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.98, 60.79, 90.37°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% -0.0056 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.139 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.1212, 60.2651, 17.2162)
Luminance	0.6026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC955 #5578EC

analogous

#EC7E55 #ECC955 #C3EC55

triadic

#ECC955 #55ECC9 #C955EC

tetradic

#ECC955 #55EC7E #5578EC #EC55C3

square

#ECC955 #55EC7E #5578EC #EC55C3

split-complementary

#ECC955 #55C3EC #7E55EC

monochromatic

#B38E14 #E6B81E #ECC955 #F2DA8C #F8ECC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#ECC955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#ECC955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC955

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC955	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)

#DDC648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.139 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d98a',
    500: '#ecc955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc955;
$custom-light: #f6d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.093,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84463,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC955

secondary

#3350B3

accent

#3ADC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC955

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

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