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#eccb71

a light, electric yellow · warm · closest name: Khaki

Token name suggestion: Linen Brass

RGB
236, 203, 113
HSL
44°, 76%, 68%
CMYK
0, 14, 52, 8
Luminance
0.6174

#eccb71 is a light electric yellow, 44° on the wheel and 12/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.35:1). As text it scores 1.57:1 on white — use #927013 instead. Nearest name is Khaki, nearest Tailwind family is yellow.

hsl(44 76% 68%)rgb(236 203 113)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eccb71 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eccb71
Hue
44°
yellow
Saturation
76%
electric
Lightness
68%
light
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
81%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6174
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
12/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
13.35:1
Closest name
Khaki
ΔE2000 8.4
Chroma
48.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.852
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
yellow
500 · ΔE 9.6
Web-safe
#FFCC66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue44° of 360°
Saturation76%
Lightness68%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eccb71.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool12% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red29%
Green69%
Blue2%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#eccb71
HEX (8-digit)#eccb71ff
RGBrgb(236, 203, 113)
RGBArgba(236, 203, 113, 1)
HSLhsl(44, 76%, 68%)
HSV / HSBhsv(44, 52%, 93%)
HWBhwb(44 44% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14%, 52%, 8%)
LABlab(82.8 0.6 48.8)
LCHlch(82.8 48.8 89.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.852 0.116 89.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(58.93, 61.74, 24.43)
Decimal15518577
Display P3color(display-p3 0.925 0.796 0.443)
Web-safe#FFCC66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eccb71;
background-color: #eccb71;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eccb71;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eccb71] bg-[#eccb71]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eccb71;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.925, green: 0.796, blue: 0.443)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.925, green: 0.796, blue: 0.443, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ECCB71</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFECCB71)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFECCB71)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(113, 203, 236)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(236, 203, 113)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(236, 203, 113)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 236, 203, 113)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9255f, 0.7961f, 0.4431f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{236,203,113}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eccb71 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eccb71 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#70560F, #EEE7D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eccb71 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FCF9F3;
  --brand-100: #F9F4E7;
  --brand-200: #F4E8C8;
  --brand-300: #F2DB9C;
  --brand-400: #eccb71;
  --brand-500: #E5B739;
  --brand-600: #D8A61D;
  --brand-700: #B48A18;
  --brand-800: #906E13;
  --brand-900: #685112;
  --brand-950: #41330B;
  --brand: #eccb71;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF9F4;
  --brand-border: #EDE1C0;
  --brand-hover: #E8BF51;
  --brand-pressed: #E4B432;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #242014;
    --brand-ink: #EEE7D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF9F3',
        100: '#F9F4E7',
        200: '#F4E8C8',
        300: '#F2DB9C',
        400: '#eccb71',
        500: '#E5B739',
        600: '#D8A61D',
        700: '#B48A18',
        800: '#906E13',
        900: '#685112',
        950: '#41330B',
        DEFAULT: '#eccb71',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF9F3,
  '100': #F9F4E7,
  '200': #F4E8C8,
  '300': #F2DB9C,
  '400': #eccb71,
  '500': #E5B739,
  '600': #D8A61D,
  '700': #B48A18,
  '800': #906E13,
  '900': #685112,
  '950': #41330B,
);
$brand-base: #eccb71;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF9F3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F9F4E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F4E8C8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F2DB9C", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#eccb71", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#E5B739", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#D8A61D", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#B48A18", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#906E13", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#685112", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#41330B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #eccb71 · 13.35:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.57:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.35:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eccb71 as text scores 1.57:1 on white and 13.35:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #70560F at 4.41:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#927013 · 4.62:1
AA on white−36% L
#927013
The quick fox
#6E540F · 7.15:1
AAA on white−44% L
#6E540F
The quick fox
#eccb71 · 13.35:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eccb71
The quick fox
#eccb71 · 13.35:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eccb71

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #B68B18 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#eccb71 on white: 1.57:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eccb71 on black: 13.35:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eccb71 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eccb71.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.57:1AaAa
Slate 501.50:1AaAa
Slate 1001.44:1AaAa
Slate 2001.28:1AaAa
Slate 3001.06:1AaAa
Slate 4001.63:1AaAa
Slate 5003.02:1AaAa
Slate 6004.82:1AaAa
Slate 7006.58:1AaAa
Slate 8009.30:1AaAa
Slate 90011.35:1AaAa
Black13.35:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DDC969
deuteranopia · #E5D274
tritanopia · #FCBEB6

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #eccb71 is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FCF9F3
#F9F4E7
#F4E8C8
#F2DB9C
#eccb71
#E5B739
#D8A61D
#B48A18
#906E13
#685112
#41330B
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FCF9F3Darkest = 950 · #41330BText step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.029 89.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.046 89.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.069 89.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.090 89.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.107 89.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.116 89.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.116 89.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.109 89.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.097 89.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.081 89.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.064 89.7);
}

Colors that work with #eccb71

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF9F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDE1C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B854B
Captions on the surface
Accent#1469B8
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#70560F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FCF7E9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#242014
Dark-mode background
Hover#E8BF51
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E4B432
Two steps down
Disabled#ECE9E1
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F5D57C
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #eccb71

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #70560F
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #B68B18

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight32/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#7192EC
Analogous left#EC8D71
Analogous right#CFEC71
Split-complement 1#71CFEC
Split-complement 2#8D71EC
Triadic 1#71ECCB
Triadic 2#CB71EC
Tetradic#71EC8D
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°44°

#eccb71 sits at 44°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red92.5%
Green79.6%
Blue44.3%
R · 0–255
236
0xec
G · 0–255
203
0xcb
B · 0–255
113
0x71

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta14.0%
Yellow52.1%
Key (black)7.5%

Total ink coverage is 74%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eccb71 text on a black background

contrast 13.35:1

Card sample

#eccb71 text on a white background

contrast 1.57:1

Card sample

#eccb71 on grey

1.44:1

#eccb71 on its own surface

1.49:1

#eccb71 on its dark surface

10.33:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eccb71;
Background color
Panel with #eccb71 background
background-color: #eccb71;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eccb71;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(236, 203, 113, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(236, 203, 113, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eccb71;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eccb71, #BBEC71);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eccb71, #9CEC71);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eccb71;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eccb71;
caret-color: #eccb71;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eccb71;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FCF7E9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eccb71;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eccb71 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eccb71 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(236, 203, 113, 0.5)
rgb(236 203 113 / 50%)
#eccb7180
hsl(44 76% 68% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eccb71 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eccb711a#FDFAF1
20%#eccb7133#FBF5E3
40%#eccb7166#F7EAC6
60%#eccb7199#F4E0AA
80%#eccb71cc#F0D58D

Gradients from #eccb71

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F3DFA7, #eccb71 45%, #70560F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eccb71, #A2E856);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eccb71, #7192EC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F7E9C2 0%, #eccb71 45%, #70560F 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF9F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F2AA9E 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D0F08C 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #70560F 0%, transparent 65%), #eccb71;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eccb71

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#eccb71 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 13.35:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#eccb71, answered

What color is #eccb71?

#eccb71 is a light electric yellow, closest to Khaki (ΔE2000 8.4). It sits at 44° on the hue wheel with 76% saturation and 68% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eccb71?

rgb(236, 203, 113) — 236 red, 203 green and 113 blue out of 255, or 92.5% / 79.6% / 44.3% by channel.

What is #eccb71 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(44, 76%, 68%) and hsv(44, 52%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eccb71 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6174 and perceived brightness is 81%, so black text on it reaches 13.35:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eccb71?

Black. It scores 13.35:1 against #eccb71, versus 1.57:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eccb71 accessible on a white background?

#eccb71 on white scores 1.57:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #927013 to reach 4.5:1, or #6E540F for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eccb71?

#7192EC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #71CFEC and #8D71EC, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eccb71?

For interface work: #FAF9F4 as the surface, #EDE1C0 for borders, #9B854B for secondary text, #1469B8 as an accent and #70560F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EC8D71 and #CFEC71 stays calm, while #7192EC is the loudest partner.

What is #eccb71 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 14%, 52%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #eccb71 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 12 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #ECB271; nudged cooler, #E1EE6F.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eccb71?

The yellow family — its 500 step is #eab308, ΔE2000 9.6 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eccb71 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eccb71 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eccb71] or text-[#eccb71], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #eccb71 with 50% opacity?

rgba(236, 203, 113, 0.5), or #eccb7180 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F6E5B8; over black, #766639.

Is #eccb71 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCC66, ΔE2000 4.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eccb71 mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #eccb71?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F3DFA7, #eccb71 45%, #70560F). For more colour, a short hue run to #A2E856 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eccb71 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eccb71 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.