#ECCD5A#ECCD5A
#ECCD5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.137 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ECCD5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 205, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 79%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 62%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 61.9%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.04, -2.13, 59.76) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.04, 59.79, 92.04°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.31% -0.01 0.137) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.31% 0.137 94.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.2715, 62.2366, 18.6144) |
| Luminance | 0.6223 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 1.77
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.12
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.76
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.91
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.29
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ECCD5A #5A79EC
analogous
#EC845A #ECCD5A #C2EC5A
triadic
#ECCD5A #5AECCD #CD5AEC
tetradic
#ECCD5A #5AEC84 #5A79EC #EC5AC2
square
#ECCD5A #5AEC84 #5A79EC #EC5AC2
split-complementary
#ECCD5A #5AC2EC #845AEC
monochromatic
#B79415 #E6BC23 #ECCD5A #F2DE91 #F9EEC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.56
#ECCD5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.45
#ECCD5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ECCD5A
13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ECCD5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ECCD5A | 1.00 | 1.56 | 13.45 | 13.45 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1C94D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D35F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FEBEB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eccd5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 205, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.137 94.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5db8d',
500: '#eccd5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eccd5a; $custom-light: #f5db8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eccd5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 205,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.26,
"s": 79.348,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85312,
"c": 0.13734,
"h": 94.2
},
"luminance": 0.62234
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ECCD5A
secondary
#3450B6
accent
#36DC0A
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18150C
muted
#86847F