#ECCC59#ECCC59

#ECCC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.137 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCC59
RGB	rgb(236, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.78, -1.68, 59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.78, 59.93, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(85.1% -0.0089 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(85.1% 0.137 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.9908, 61.7428, 18.3123)
Luminance	0.6174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECCC59 #5979EC

analogous

#EC8259 #ECCC59 #C2EC59

triadic

#ECCC59 #59ECCC #CC59EC

tetradic

#ECCC59 #59EC82 #5979EC #EC59C2

square

#ECCC59 #59EC82 #5979EC #EC59C2

split-complementary

#ECCC59 #59C2EC #8259EC

monochromatic

#B69315 #E6BB22 #ECCC59 #F2DD90 #F9EEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#ECCC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#ECCC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCC59

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCC59	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eccc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.137 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5db8c',
    500: '#eccc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eccc59;
$custom-light: #f5db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eccc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.939,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85102,
    "c": 0.13744,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCC59

secondary

#3450B5

accent

#37DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCC59

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

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