#ECCD56#ECCD56

#ECCD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.140 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCD56
RGB	rgb(236, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.00, -2.39, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.00, 61.50, 92.22°)
OKLab	oklab(85.27% -0.0112 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(85.27% 0.14 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.1058, 62.1704, 17.7418)
Luminance	0.6217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECCD56 #5675EC

analogous

#EC8256 #ECCD56 #C0EC56

triadic

#ECCD56 #56ECCD #CD56EC

tetradic

#ECCD56 #56EC82 #5675EC #EC56C0

square

#ECCD56 #56EC82 #5675EC #EC56C0

split-complementary

#ECCD56 #56C0EC #8256EC

monochromatic

#B39314 #E6BD1F #ECCD56 #F2DD8D #F8EEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#ECCD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#ECCD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCD56

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCD56	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eccd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.140 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6db8a',
    500: '#eccd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eccd56;
$custom-light: #f6db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eccd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85273,
    "c": 0.14048,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCD56

secondary

#334DB3

accent

#35DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCD56

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

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