#ECC960#ECC960

#ECC960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.130 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC960
RGB	rgb(236, 201, 96)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 59.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.08, 0.33, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.08, 56.00, 89.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.58% -0.0022 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(84.58% 0.13 91)
XYZ	xyz(57.5926, 60.4537, 19.6992)
Luminance	0.6045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC960 #6083EC

analogous

#EC8360 #ECC960 #C9EC60

triadic

#ECC960 #60ECC9 #C960EC

tetradic

#ECC960 #60EC83 #6083EC #EC60C9

square

#ECC960 #60EC83 #6083EC #EC60C9

split-complementary

#ECC960 #60C9EC #8360EC

monochromatic

#BB9216 #E5B629 #ECC960 #F3DC97 #F9EECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#ECC960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#ECC960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC960

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC960	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 201, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.130 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d990',
    500: '#ecc960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc960;
$custom-light: #f5d990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84577,
    "c": 0.12972,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.60451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC960

secondary

#3657BA

accent

#3FDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC960

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

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