#ECCE72#ECCE72

#ECCE72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.117 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCE72
RGB	rgb(236, 206, 114)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 51.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.54, -0.86, 49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.54, 49.22, 91.00°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% -0.0036 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.117 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.7028, 63.1931, 24.9690)
Luminance	0.6319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECCE72 #7290EC

analogous

#EC9172 #ECCE72 #CDEC72

triadic

#ECCE72 #72ECCE #CE72EC

tetradic

#ECCE72 #72EC91 #7290EC #EC72CD

square

#ECCE72 #72EC91 #7290EC #EC72CD

split-complementary

#ECCE72 #72CDEC #9172EC

monochromatic

#C99E1B #E5BB3C #ECCE72 #F3E1A8 #FBF3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#ECCE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#ECCE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCE72

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCE72	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CB6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecce72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 206, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.117 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dc9c',
    500: '#ecce72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecce72;
$custom-light: #f4dc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecce72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.246,
    "s": 76.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85792,
    "c": 0.11687,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCE72

secondary

#3E5FC4

accent

#3FD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCE72

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

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