#ECCA5E#ECCA5E
#ECCA5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.132 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ECCA5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 202, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 79%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 60%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 60.2%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.32, -0.33, 57.17) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.32, 57.17, 90.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.75% -0.0044 0.132) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.75% 0.132 91.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.7356, 60.8851, 19.2984) |
| Luminance | 0.6088 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.36
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.77
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.13
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.63
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.70
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.74
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ECCA5E #5E80EC
analogous
#EC835E #ECCA5E #C7EC5E
triadic
#ECCA5E #5EECCA #CA5EEC
tetradic
#ECCA5E #5EEC83 #5E80EC #EC5EC7
square
#ECCA5E #5EEC83 #5E80EC #EC5EC7
split-complementary
#ECCA5E #5EC7EC #835EEC
monochromatic
#BA9216 #E6B827 #ECCA5E #F2DC95 #F9EECB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.59
#ECCA5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.18
#ECCA5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ECCA5E
13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ECCA5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ECCA5E | 1.00 | 1.59 | 13.18 | 13.18 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.59 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC753
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E6D163
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FEBCB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ecca5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 202, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.132 91.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5d98f',
500: '#ecca5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ecca5e; $custom-light: #f5d98f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ecca5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 202,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.634,
"s": 78.889,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84754,
"c": 0.13204,
"h": 91.9
},
"luminance": 0.60882
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ECCA5E
secondary
#3555B9
accent
#3CDB0A
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18140D
muted
#86837F