#ECCC65#ECCC65

#ECCC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.127 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCC65
RGB	rgb(236, 204, 101)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 57.2%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.89, -0.86, 54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.89, 54.62, 90.90°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% -0.0051 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.127 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.5364, 61.9611, 21.1858)
Luminance	0.6196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECCC65 #6585EC

analogous

#EC8865 #ECCC65 #C8EC65

triadic

#ECCC65 #65ECCC #CC65EC

tetradic

#ECCC65 #65EC88 #6585EC #EC65C8

square

#ECCC65 #65EC88 #6585EC #EC65C8

split-complementary

#ECCC65 #65C8EC #8865EC

monochromatic

#BF9718 #E5BA2F #ECCC65 #F3DE9B #F9F0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#ECCC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#ECCC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCC65

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCC65	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eccc65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 204, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.127 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5db94',
    500: '#eccc65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eccc65;
$custom-light: #f5db94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eccc65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.778,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85231,
    "c": 0.12741,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCC65

secondary

#3857BE

accent

#3CDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCC65

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

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