#ECCA56#ECCA56

#ECCA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.138 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCA56
RGB	rgb(236, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.24, -0.84, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.24, 60.64, 90.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% -0.0068 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.138 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.3951, 60.7489, 17.5049)
Luminance	0.6075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECCA56 #5678EC

analogous

#EC7F56 #ECCA56 #C3EC56

triadic

#ECCA56 #56ECCA #CA56EC

tetradic

#ECCA56 #56EC7F #5678EC #EC56C3

square

#ECCA56 #56EC7F #5678EC #EC56C3

split-complementary

#ECCA56 #56C3EC #7F56EC

monochromatic

#B38F14 #E6B91F #ECCA56 #F2DB8D #F8EDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#ECCA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#ECCA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCA56

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCA56	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.138 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d98a',
    500: '#ecca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecca56;
$custom-light: #f6d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84672,
    "c": 0.13845,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCA56

secondary

#3350B3

accent

#39DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCA56

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

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