#ECCD66#ECCD66
#ECCD66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.127 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #ECCD66 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(236, 205, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 78%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 57%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 56.8%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.16, -1.30, 54.45) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.16, 54.47, 91.37°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.44% -0.0062 0.1271) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.44% 0.127 92.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.8241, 62.4577, 21.5249) |
| Luminance | 0.6246 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.63
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.81
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.31
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.63
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.90
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.08
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#ECCD66 #6685EC
analogous
#EC8A66 #ECCD66 #C8EC66
triadic
#ECCD66 #66ECCD #CD66EC
tetradic
#ECCD66 #66EC8A #6685EC #EC66C8
square
#ECCD66 #66EC8A #6685EC #EC66C8
split-complementary
#ECCD66 #66C8EC #8A66EC
monochromatic
#C09918 #E5BB30 #ECCD66 #F3DF9C #FAF1D3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.56
#ECCD66 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.49
#ECCD66 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #ECCD66
13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##ECCD66 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##ECCD66 | 1.00 | 1.56 | 13.49 | 13.49 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E0CA5C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D36A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FDBFB6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eccd66; /* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 205, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.127 92.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f5dc95',
500: '#eccd66',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eccd66; $custom-light: #f5dc95; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eccd66",
"rgb": {
"r": 236,
"g": 205,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.119,
"s": 77.907,
"l": 66.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85443,
"c": 0.12722,
"h": 92.8
},
"luminance": 0.62455
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#ECCD66
secondary
#3857BE
accent
#3BDA0B
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F