#ECCE55#ECCE55

#ECCE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.142 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCE55
RGB	rgb(236, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 64%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.25, -2.96, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.25, 62.22, 92.72°)
OKLab	oklab(85.47% -0.013 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(85.47% 0.142 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.3058, 62.6343, 17.6111)
Luminance	0.6263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECCE55 #5573EC

analogous

#EC8255 #ECCE55 #BFEC55

triadic

#ECCE55 #55ECCE #CE55EC

tetradic

#ECCE55 #55EC82 #5573EC #EC55BF

square

#ECCE55 #55EC82 #5573EC #EC55BF

split-complementary

#ECCE55 #55BFEC #8255EC

monochromatic

#B39314 #E6BE1E #ECCE55 #F2DE8C #F8EEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#ECCE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#ECCE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCE55

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCE55	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecce55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.142 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc8a',
    500: '#ecce55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecce55;
$custom-light: #f6dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecce55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.079,
    "s": 79.894,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85465,
    "c": 0.14195,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCE55

secondary

#334CB3

accent

#33DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCE55

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

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