#ECCC5E#ECCC5E
#ECCC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.133 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ECCC5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 204, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 79%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 60%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 60.2%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.82, -1.36, 57.74) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.82, 57.75, 91.35°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.15% -0.0073 0.1332) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.15% 0.133 93.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.2079, 61.8297, 19.4558) |
| Luminance | 0.6183 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.08
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.33
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.12
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.13
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.18
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.25
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ECCC5E #5E7EEC
analogous
#EC855E #ECCC5E #C5EC5E
triadic
#ECCC5E #5EECCC #CC5EEC
tetradic
#ECCC5E #5EEC85 #5E7EEC #EC5EC5
square
#ECCC5E #5EEC85 #5E7EEC #EC5EC5
split-complementary
#ECCC5E #5EC5EC #855EEC
monochromatic
#BA9516 #E6BB27 #ECCC5E #F2DD95 #F9EFCB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.57
#ECCC5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.37
#ECCC5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ECCC5E
13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ECCC5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ECCC5E | 1.00 | 1.57 | 13.37 | 13.37 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.57 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DFC953
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D263
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FEBEB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eccc5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 204, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.133 93.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5db8f',
500: '#eccc5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eccc5e; $custom-light: #f5db8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eccc5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 204,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.479,
"s": 78.889,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85153,
"c": 0.13338,
"h": 93.2
},
"luminance": 0.61827
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ECCC5E
secondary
#3553B9
accent
#39DB0A
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18140D
muted
#86837F