#ECCE5C#ECCE5C

#ECCE5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.136 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCE5C
RGB	rgb(236, 206, 92)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 61%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.31, -2.52, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.31, 59.23, 92.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.53% -0.0109 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(85.53% 0.136 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.5977, 62.7511, 19.1488)
Luminance	0.6275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECCE5C #5C7AEC

analogous

#EC865C #ECCE5C #C2EC5C

triadic

#ECCE5C #5CECCE #CE5CEC

tetradic

#ECCE5C #5CEC86 #5C7AEC #EC5CC2

square

#ECCE5C #5CEC86 #5C7AEC #EC5CC2

split-complementary

#ECCE5C #5CC2EC #865CEC

monochromatic

#B89615 #E6BE25 #ECCE5C #F2DE93 #F9EFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#ECCE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.55

#ECCE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCE5C

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCE5C	1.00	1.55	13.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecce5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 206, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.136 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dc8e',
    500: '#ecce5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecce5c;
$custom-light: #f5dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecce5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 79.121,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85533,
    "c": 0.13643,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCE5C

secondary

#3550B8

accent

#36DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCE5C

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

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