#ECCA57#ECCA57

#ECCA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.138 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCA57
RGB	rgb(236, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.25, -0.78, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.25, 60.21, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.68% -0.0065 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(84.68% 0.138 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.4356, 60.7651, 17.7185)
Luminance	0.6076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECCA57 #5779EC

analogous

#EC7F57 #ECCA57 #C3EC57

triadic

#ECCA57 #57ECCA #CA57EC

tetradic

#ECCA57 #57EC7F #5779EC #EC57C3

square

#ECCA57 #57EC7F #5779EC #EC57C3

split-complementary

#ECCA57 #57C3EC #7F57EC

monochromatic

#B49014 #E6B920 #ECCA57 #F2DB8E #F8EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#ECCA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#ECCA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCA57

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCA57	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)

#DEC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.138 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d98b',
    500: '#ecca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecca57;
$custom-light: #f6d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.309,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84682,
    "c": 0.13767,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCA57

secondary

#3351B4

accent

#3ADC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCA57

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

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