#ECC956#ECC956

#ECC956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.138 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC956
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.99, -0.33, 60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.99, 60.36, 90.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.0053 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.138 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.1612, 60.2811, 17.4269)
Luminance	0.6028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC956 #5679EC

analogous

#EC7E56 #ECC956 #C4EC56

triadic

#ECC956 #56ECC9 #C956EC

tetradic

#ECC956 #56EC7E #5679EC #EC56C4

square

#ECC956 #56EC7E #5679EC #EC56C4

split-complementary

#ECC956 #56C4EC #7E56EC

monochromatic

#B38E14 #E6B71F #ECC956 #F2DB8D #F8ECC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#ECC956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#ECC956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC956

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC956	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.138 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d98a',
    500: '#ecc956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc956;
$custom-light: #f6d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84473,
    "c": 0.1378,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC956

secondary

#3351B3

accent

#3BDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC956

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

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