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#eccb7d

a light, vivid yellow · warm · closest name: Navajo White

Token name suggestion: Linen Brass

RGB
236, 203, 125
HSL
42°, 75%, 71%
CMYK
0, 14, 47, 8
Luminance
0.6203

#eccb7d is a light vivid yellow, 42° on the wheel and 10/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.41:1). As text it scores 1.57:1 on white — use #967016 instead. Nearest name is Navajo White, nearest Tailwind family is yellow.

hsl(42 75% 71%)rgb(236 203 125)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eccb7d is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eccb7d
Hue
42°
yellow
Saturation
75%
vivid
Lightness
71%
light
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
81%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6203
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
10/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
13.41:1
Closest name
Navajo White
ΔE2000 7.9
Chroma
43.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.854
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
yellow
500 · ΔE 10.8
Web-safe
#FFCC66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue42° of 360°
Saturation75%
Lightness71%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eccb7d.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool10% 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#eccb7d
HEX (8-digit)#eccb7dff
RGBrgb(236, 203, 125)
RGBArgba(236, 203, 125, 1)
HSLhsl(42, 75%, 71%)
HSV / HSBhsv(42, 47%, 93%)
HWBhwb(42 49% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14%, 47%, 8%)
LABlab(82.9 1.7 43.0)
LCHlch(82.9 43.1 87.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.854 0.104 87.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(59.65, 62.03, 28.23)
Decimal15518589
Display P3color(display-p3 0.925 0.796 0.490)
Web-safe#FFCC66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eccb7d;
background-color: #eccb7d;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eccb7d;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eccb7d] bg-[#eccb7d]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eccb7d;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.925, green: 0.796, blue: 0.490)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.925, green: 0.796, blue: 0.490, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#ECCB7D</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFECCB7D)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFECCB7D)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(125, 203, 236)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(236, 203, 125)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(236, 203, 125)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 236, 203, 125)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9255f, 0.7961f, 0.4902f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{236,203,125}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eccb7d 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eccb7d 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#6F5310, #EEE6D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eccb7d 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: #F9F3E7;
  --brand-200: #F4E7C8;
  --brand-300: #F1D89D;
  --brand-400: #eccb7d;
  --brand-500: #E2B13B;
  --brand-600: #D69F1F;
  --brand-700: #B2851A;
  --brand-800: #8E6A15;
  --brand-900: #674E13;
  --brand-950: #40310C;
  --brand: #eccb7d;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF9F4;
  --brand-border: #EDDFC0;
  --brand-hover: #E7BF5E;
  --brand-pressed: #E3B23F;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241F14;
    --brand-ink: #EEE6D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF9F3',
        100: '#F9F3E7',
        200: '#F4E7C8',
        300: '#F1D89D',
        400: '#eccb7d',
        500: '#E2B13B',
        600: '#D69F1F',
        700: '#B2851A',
        800: '#8E6A15',
        900: '#674E13',
        950: '#40310C',
        DEFAULT: '#eccb7d',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF9F3,
  '100': #F9F3E7,
  '200': #F4E7C8,
  '300': #F1D89D,
  '400': #eccb7d,
  '500': #E2B13B,
  '600': #D69F1F,
  '700': #B2851A,
  '800': #8E6A15,
  '900': #674E13,
  '950': #40310C,
);
$brand-base: #eccb7d;
$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": "#F9F3E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F4E7C8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F1D89D", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#eccb7d", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#E2B13B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#D69F1F", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#B2851A", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#8E6A15", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#674E13", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#40310C", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #eccb7d · 13.41:1
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 · 13.41:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eccb7d as text scores 1.57:1 on white and 13.41:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #6F5310 at 4.59:1.

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
#967016 · 4.54:1
AA on white−37% L
#967016
The quick fox
#6E5210 · 7.30:1
AAA on white−46% L
#6E5210
The quick fox
#eccb7d · 13.41:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eccb7d
The quick fox
#eccb7d · 13.41:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eccb7d

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #BA8B1B 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
#eccb7d on white: 1.57:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eccb7d on black: 13.41:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eccb7d as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eccb7d.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.57:1AaAa
Slate 501.50:1AaAa
Slate 1001.43:1AaAa
Slate 2001.27:1AaAa
Slate 3001.06:1AaAa
Slate 4001.64:1AaAa
Slate 5003.04:1AaAa
Slate 6004.84:1AaAa
Slate 7006.61:1AaAa
Slate 8009.34:1AaAa
Slate 90011.40:1AaAa
Black13.41:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DCC977
deuteranopia · #E4D280
tritanopia · #FCBFB8

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. #eccb7d 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
#F9F3E7
#F4E7C8
#F1D89D
#eccb7d
#E2B13B
#D69F1F
#B2851A
#8E6A15
#674E13
#40310C
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FCF9F3Darkest = 950 · #40310CText 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 0.026 87.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.042 87.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.062 87.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.081 87.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.096 87.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.104 87.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.104 87.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.098 87.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.087 87.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.073 87.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.057 87.3);
}

Colors that work with #eccb7d

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#EDDFC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B834B
Captions on the surface
Accent#166DB6
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#6F5310
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FCF6E9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241F14
Dark-mode background
Hover#E7BF5E
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E3B23F
Two steps down
Disabled#F1EEE9
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F5D588
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

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #eccb7d

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 #6F5310
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #BA8B1B

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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. 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
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight29/100
  • 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#7D9EEC
Analogous left#EC947D
Analogous right#D5EC7D
Split-complement 1#7DD5EC
Split-complement 2#947DEC
Triadic 1#7DECCB
Triadic 2#CB7DEC
Tetradic#7DEC94
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°42°

#eccb7d sits at 42°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red92.5%
Green79.6%
Blue49.0%
R · 0–255
236
0xec
G · 0–255
203
0xcb
B · 0–255
125
0x7d

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta14.0%
Yellow47.0%
Key (black)7.5%

Total ink coverage is 69%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eccb7d text on a black background

contrast 13.41:1

Card sample

#eccb7d text on a white background

contrast 1.57:1

Card sample

#eccb7d on grey

1.43:1

#eccb7d on its own surface

1.49:1

#eccb7d on its dark surface

10.46:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eccb7d;
Background color
Panel with #eccb7d background
background-color: #eccb7d;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eccb7d;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(236, 203, 125, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(236, 203, 125, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eccb7d;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eccb7d, #C3EC7D);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eccb7d, #A7EC7D);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eccb7d;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eccb7d;
caret-color: #eccb7d;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eccb7d;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FCF6E9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eccb7d;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eccb7d 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eccb7d 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, 125, 0.5)
rgb(236 203 125 / 50%)
#eccb7d80
hsl(42 75% 71% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eccb7d 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eccb7d1a#FDFAF2
20%#eccb7d33#FBF5E5
40%#eccb7d66#F7EACB
60%#eccb7d99#F4E0B1
80%#eccb7dcc#F0D597

Gradients from #eccb7d

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, #F4E0B2, #eccb7d 45%, #6F5310);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eccb7d, #ABE862);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eccb7d, #7D9EEC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F8EBCD 0%, #eccb7d 45%, #6F5310 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%, #F3B2AA 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D7F098 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #6F5310 0%, transparent 65%), #eccb7d;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eccb7d

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.

#eccb7d 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

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

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 13.41:1.

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.

#eccb7d, answered

What color is #eccb7d?

#eccb7d is a light vivid yellow, closest to Navajo White (ΔE2000 7.9). It sits at 42° on the hue wheel with 75% saturation and 71% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eccb7d?

rgb(236, 203, 125) — 236 red, 203 green and 125 blue out of 255, or 92.5% / 79.6% / 49% by channel.

What is #eccb7d in HSL and HSV?

hsl(42, 75%, 71%) and hsv(42, 47%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eccb7d a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6203 and perceived brightness is 81%, so black text on it reaches 13.41:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eccb7d?

Black. It scores 13.41:1 against #eccb7d, versus 1.57:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eccb7d accessible on a white background?

#eccb7d on white scores 1.57:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #967016 to reach 4.5:1, or #6E5210 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eccb7d?

#7D9EEC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #7DD5EC and #947DEC, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eccb7d?

For interface work: #FAF9F4 as the surface, #EDDFC0 for borders, #9B834B for secondary text, #166DB6 as an accent and #6F5310 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EC947D and #D5EC7D stays calm, while #7D9EEC is the loudest partner.

What is #eccb7d in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 14%, 47%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #eccb7d warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 10 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #ECB67D; nudged cooler, #E6EE7C.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eccb7d?

The yellow family — its 500 step is #eab308, ΔE2000 10.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eccb7d as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eccb7d in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eccb7d] or text-[#eccb7d], 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 #eccb7d with 50% opacity?

rgba(236, 203, 125, 0.5), or #eccb7d80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F6E5BE; over black, #76663F.

Is #eccb7d a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFCC66, ΔE2000 5.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eccb7d 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 #eccb7d?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F4E0B2, #eccb7d 45%, #6F5310). For more colour, a short hue run to #ABE862 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eccb7d in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eccb7d at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.