#ECCC57#ECCC57

#ECCC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.139 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCC57
RGB	rgb(236, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.76, -1.81, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.76, 60.79, 91.71°)
OKLab	oklab(85.08% -0.0095 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(85.08% 0.139 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.9079, 61.7097, 17.8760)
Luminance	0.6171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECCC57 #5777EC

analogous

#EC8157 #ECCC57 #C1EC57

triadic

#ECCC57 #57ECCC #CC57EC

tetradic

#ECCC57 #57EC81 #5777EC #EC57C1

square

#ECCC57 #57EC81 #5777EC #EC57C1

split-complementary

#ECCC57 #57C1EC #8157EC

monochromatic

#B49214 #E6BB20 #ECCC57 #F2DD8E #F8EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#ECCC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#ECCC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCC57

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCC57	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eccc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.139 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6db8b',
    500: '#eccc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eccc57;
$custom-light: #f6db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eccc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.114,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85082,
    "c": 0.13901,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCC57

secondary

#334FB4

accent

#37DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCC57

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

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