#ECCE50#ECCE50

#ECCE50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.146 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCE50
RGB	rgb(236, 206, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 66.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -3.25, 64.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 64.29, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(85.42% -0.0144 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(85.42% 0.146 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.1141, 62.5576, 16.6017)
Luminance	0.6256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECCE50 #506EEC

analogous

#EC8050 #ECCE50 #BCEC50

triadic

#ECCE50 #50ECCE #CE50EC

tetradic

#ECCE50 #50EC80 #506EEC #EC50BC

square

#ECCE50 #50EC80 #506EEC #EC50BC

split-complementary

#ECCE50 #50BCEC #8050EC

monochromatic

#AF9113 #E6BE19 #ECCE50 #F2DD87 #F8EDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#ECCE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#ECCE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCE50

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCE50	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)

#E2CA40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecce50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 206, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.146 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc87',
    500: '#ecce50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecce50;
$custom-light: #f6dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecce50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 80.412,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8542,
    "c": 0.14565,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCE50

secondary

#3149AF

accent

#32DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCE50

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

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