#ECC957#ECC957

#ECC957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.137 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC957
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.00, -0.27, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.00, 59.93, 90.26°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% -0.005 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.137 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.2018, 60.2974, 17.6406)
Luminance	0.6029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC957 #577AEC

analogous

#EC7E57 #ECC957 #C4EC57

triadic

#ECC957 #57ECC9 #C957EC

tetradic

#ECC957 #57EC7E #577AEC #EC57C4

square

#ECC957 #57EC7E #577AEC #EC57C4

split-complementary

#ECC957 #57C4EC #7E57EC

monochromatic

#B48F14 #E6B720 #ECC957 #F2DB8E #F8ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#ECC957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#ECC957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC957

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC957	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)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.137 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d98b',
    500: '#ecc957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc957;
$custom-light: #f6d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.906,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84483,
    "c": 0.13702,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC957

secondary

#3351B4

accent

#3BDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC957

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

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