#ECCE57#ECCE57

#ECCE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.140 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCE57
RGB	rgb(236, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.27, -2.84, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.27, 61.38, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(85.48% -0.0124 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(85.48% 0.14 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.3863, 62.6665, 18.0354)
Luminance	0.6266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECCE57 #5775EC

analogous

#EC8357 #ECCE57 #C0EC57

triadic

#ECCE57 #57ECCE #CE57EC

tetradic

#ECCE57 #57EC83 #5775EC #EC57C0

square

#ECCE57 #57EC83 #5775EC #EC57C0

split-complementary

#ECCE57 #57C0EC #8357EC

monochromatic

#B49414 #E6BE20 #ECCE57 #F2DE8E #F8EEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#ECCE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#ECCE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCE57

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCE57	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)

#E2CA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecce57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.140 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dc8b',
    500: '#ecce57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecce57;
$custom-light: #f6dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecce57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.919,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85484,
    "c": 0.14041,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCE57

secondary

#334DB4

accent

#34DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCE57

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

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