#ECCE4D#ECCE4D

#ECCE4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.148 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCE4D
RGB	rgb(236, 206, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 67.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.19, -3.41, 65.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.19, 65.49, 92.99°)
OKLab	oklab(85.39% -0.0152 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(85.39% 0.148 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.0057, 62.5143, 16.0309)
Luminance	0.6251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECCE4D #4D6BEC

analogous

#EC7F4D #ECCE4D #BBEC4D

triadic

#ECCE4D #4DECCE #CE4DEC

tetradic

#ECCE4D #4DEC7F #4D6BEC #EC4DBB

square

#ECCE4D #4DEC7F #4D6BEC #EC4DBB

split-complementary

#ECCE4D #4DBBEC #7F4DEC

monochromatic

#AC8F12 #E4BD18 #ECCE4D #F2DD84 #F8ECBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#ECCE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#ECCE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCE4D

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCE4D	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecce4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 206, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.148 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc85',
    500: '#ecce4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecce4d;
$custom-light: #f6dc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecce4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 80.711,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85394,
    "c": 0.14778,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCE4D

secondary

#3048AD

accent

#31DD08

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCE4D

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

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