#ECCE56#ECCE56

#ECCE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.141 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCE56
RGB	rgb(236, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.26, -2.90, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.26, 61.80, 92.69°)
OKLab	oklab(85.47% -0.0127 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(85.47% 0.141 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.3458, 62.6503, 17.8218)
Luminance	0.6265 (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

#ECCE56 #5674EC

analogous

#EC8356 #ECCE56 #BFEC56

triadic

#ECCE56 #56ECCE #CE56EC

tetradic

#ECCE56 #56EC83 #5674EC #EC56BF

square

#ECCE56 #56EC83 #5674EC #EC56BF

split-complementary

#ECCE56 #56BFEC #8356EC

monochromatic

#B39414 #E6BE1F #ECCE56 #F2DE8D #F8EEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#ECCE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#ECCE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCE56

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCE56	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)

#E2CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecce56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.141 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc8b',
    500: '#ecce56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecce56;
$custom-light: #f6dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecce56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85474,
    "c": 0.14118,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCE56

secondary

#334DB3

accent

#34DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCE56

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

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