#ECCE4F#ECCE4F

#ECCE4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.146 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCE4F
RGB	rgb(236, 206, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 81%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 66.5%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.20, -3.31, 64.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.20, 64.69, 92.93°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% -0.0147 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.146 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.0774, 62.5430, 16.4085)
Luminance	0.6254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECCE4F #4F6DEC

analogous

#EC804F #ECCE4F #BCEC4F

triadic

#ECCE4F #4FECCE #CE4FEC

tetradic

#ECCE4F #4FEC80 #4F6DEC #EC4FBC

square

#ECCE4F #4FEC80 #4F6DEC #EC4FBC

split-complementary

#ECCE4F #4FBCEC #804FEC

monochromatic

#AE9013 #E5BE19 #ECCE4F #F2DD86 #F8EDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#ECCE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#ECCE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCE4F

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCE4F	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecce4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 206, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.146 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc86',
    500: '#ecce4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecce4f;
$custom-light: #f6dc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecce4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.535,
    "s": 80.513,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85411,
    "c": 0.14637,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCE4F

secondary

#3149AE

accent

#31DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCE4F

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

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