#ECCC55#ECCC55

#ECCC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.141 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCC55
RGB	rgb(236, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.74, -1.93, 61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.74, 61.63, 91.80°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.01 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.141 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.8273, 61.6775, 17.4516)
Luminance	0.6167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECCC55 #5575EC

analogous

#EC8155 #ECCC55 #C0EC55

triadic

#ECCC55 #55ECCC #CC55EC

tetradic

#ECCC55 #55EC81 #5575EC #EC55C0

square

#ECCC55 #55EC81 #5575EC #EC55C0

split-complementary

#ECCC55 #55C0EC #8155EC

monochromatic

#B39114 #E6BB1E #ECCC55 #F2DD8C #F8EDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#ECCC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#ECCC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCC55

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCC55	1.00	1.57	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eccc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.141 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6db8a',
    500: '#eccc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eccc55;
$custom-light: #f6db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eccc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.285,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85063,
    "c": 0.14055,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCC55

secondary

#334EB3

accent

#36DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCC55

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

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