#ECCE73#ECCE73

#ECCE73 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.116 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCE73
RGB	rgb(236, 206, 115)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 51.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.56, -0.77, 48.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.56, 48.75, 90.91°)
OKLab	oklab(85.81% -0.0032 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(85.81% 0.116 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.7601, 63.2160, 25.2705)
Luminance	0.6321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECCE73 #7391EC

analogous

#EC9273 #ECCE73 #CEEC73

triadic

#ECCE73 #73ECCE #CE73EC

tetradic

#ECCE73 #73EC92 #7391EC #EC73CE

square

#ECCE73 #73EC92 #7391EC #EC73CE

split-complementary

#ECCE73 #73CEEC #9273EC

monochromatic

#C99E1B #E5BB3D #ECCE73 #F3E1A9 #FBF4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#ECCE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#ECCE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCE73

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCE73	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)

#E0CB6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCC1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecce73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 206, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.116 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4dc9d',
    500: '#ecce73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecce73;
$custom-light: #f4dc9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecce73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.124,
    "s": 76.101,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85806,
    "c": 0.11592,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCE73

secondary

#3F60C4

accent

#40D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCE73

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

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