#ECCC61#ECCC61

#ECCC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.131 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCC61
RGB	rgb(236, 204, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.85, -1.15, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.85, 56.42, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% -0.0064 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.131 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.3451, 61.8846, 20.1787)
Luminance	0.6188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECCC61 #6181EC

analogous

#EC8661 #ECCC61 #C6EC61

triadic

#ECCC61 #61ECCC #CC61EC

tetradic

#ECCC61 #61EC86 #6181EC #EC61C6

square

#ECCC61 #61EC86 #6181EC #EC61C6

split-complementary

#ECCC61 #61C6EC #8661EC

monochromatic

#BC9617 #E5BA2A #ECCC61 #F3DE98 #F9EFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#ECCC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#ECCC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCC61

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCC61	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eccc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 204, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.131 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5db91',
    500: '#eccc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eccc61;
$custom-light: #f5db91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eccc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85186,
    "c": 0.13087,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCC61

secondary

#3655BB

accent

#3BDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCC61

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

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