#ECCB56#ECCB56
#ECCB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.139 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ECCB56 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 203, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 80%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 64%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14%, 63.6%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.50, -1.36, 60.91) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.50, 60.92, 91.28°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.87% -0.0083 0.1389) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.87% 0.139 93.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.6304, 61.2197, 17.5833) |
| Luminance | 0.6122 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 1.63
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.39
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.07
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.37
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.93
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.93
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ECCB56 #5677EC
analogous
#EC8056 #ECCB56 #C2EC56
triadic
#ECCB56 #56ECCB #CB56EC
tetradic
#ECCB56 #56EC80 #5677EC #EC56C2
square
#ECCB56 #56EC80 #5677EC #EC56C2
split-complementary
#ECCB56 #56C2EC #8056EC
monochromatic
#B39014 #E6BA1F #ECCB56 #F2DC8D #F8EDC4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.59
#ECCB56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.24
#ECCB56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ECCB56
13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ECCB56 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ECCB56 | 1.00 | 1.59 | 13.24 | 13.24 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.59 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DFC849
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D15C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FEBCB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eccb56; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 203, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.139 93.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6da8a',
500: '#eccb56',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eccb56; $custom-light: #f6da8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eccb56",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 203,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.8,
"s": 79.787,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84872,
"c": 0.13911,
"h": 93.4
},
"luminance": 0.61217
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ECCB56
secondary
#334FB3
accent
#38DC09
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18140C
muted
#86837F