HEX atlas value

#ECCC65

#ECCC65 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Straw. RGB 236, 204, 101, HSL 46° 78% 66%, luminance 0.6196; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm vibrant

#ECCC65 Sample readable text

HEX #ECCC65

RGB rgb(236, 204, 101)

HSL hsl(46 78% 66%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 14, 57, 7)

Luminance 0.6196

Contrast Black 13.39:1White 1.57:1

CSS

--color-eccc65: #ECCC65;
.background-eccc65 { background-color: #ECCC65; }
.text-eccc65 { color: #ECCC65; }

HEX meaning and use

About #ECCC65

#ECCC65 is classified as a warm yellow value with vibrant visual character. #ECCC65 is visually closest to Straw, a named yellow color with HEX #E4D96F.

The RGB channels are 236, 204, and 101, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 46deg with 78% saturation and 66% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and high-energy accents. Its luminance is 0.6196, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 18.25, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text13.39:1AA Pass

White text1.57:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #ECCC65 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000013.39:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.57:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#F6E7B6#F6E7B6 · #000000 text · best 17.02:1 #C8EC65#C8EC65 · #000000 text · best 15.64:1 Mustard#FFDB58 · #000000 text · best 15.53:1 Naples Yellow#FADA5E · #000000 text · best 15.25:1 #FFD752#FFD752 · #000000 text · best 15.09:1

Generated Palette

#ECCC65#ECCC65

#6584EC#6584EC

#EC8965#EC8965

#C8EC65#C8EC65

#F6E7B6#F6E7B6

#DAAD1B#DAAD1B

Color Harmonies

#6584EC#6584EC

#EC8965#EC8965

#C8EC65#C8EC65

#65ECCC#65ECCC

#CC65EC#CC65EC

Variants

#F6E7B6#F6E7B6

#DAAD1B#DAAD1B

#FFD752#FFD752

#D9C278#D9C278

#F7F0DA#F7F0DA

#FFE07A#FFE07A

Nearest Named Colors

Straw#E4D96F

Naples Yellow#FADA5E

Mustard#FFDB58

Topaz#FFC87C

Champagne Gold#D6B971

Luminance0.6196

Black text13.39:1AA Pass

White text1.57:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#ECCC65","rgb":[236,204,101],"hsl":[46,78,66],"cmyk":[0,14,57,7],"luminance":0.6196,"contrast":{"black":13.39,"white":1.57}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":13.39,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.57,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#F6E7B6","hex":"#F6E7B6","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.02,"contrastWhite":1.23,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#C8EC65","hex":"#C8EC65","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.64,"contrastWhite":1.34,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Mustard","hex":"#FFDB58","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.53,"contrastWhite":1.35,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Naples Yellow","hex":"#FADA5E","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.25,"contrastWhite":1.38,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#FFD752","hex":"#FFD752","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.09,"contrastWhite":1.39,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","vibrant","vibrant yellow","Straw adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","high-energy accents","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/eccc65.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/straw.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/naples-yellow.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mustard.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#6584EC","analogous":["#EC8965","#C8EC65"],"triadic":["#65ECCC","#CC65EC"],"tetradic":["#65EC89","#6584EC","#EC65C8"],"splitComplementary":["#65C8EC","#8965EC"],"monochromatic":["#F6E7B6","#ECCC65","#DAAD1B"]}

Variants

{"light":"#F6E7B6","dark":"#DAAD1B","saturated":"#FFD752","desaturated":"#D9C278","pastel":"#F7F0DA","neon":"#FFE07A"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"straw","name":"Straw","hex":"#E4D96F","distance":18.24828759089466},{"slug":"naples-yellow","name":"Naples Yellow","hex":"#FADA5E","distance":21},{"slug":"mustard","name":"Mustard","hex":"#FFDB58","distance":27.477263328068172},{"slug":"topaz","name":"Topaz","hex":"#FFC87C","distance":30.099833886584822},{"slug":"champagne-gold","name":"Champagne Gold","hex":"#D6B971","distance":31.448370387032774}]

#ECCC65

CSS

About #ECCC65

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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