#ECC859#ECC859

#ECC859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.135 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECC859
RGB	rgb(236, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, 0.37, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 58.80, 89.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% -0.0029 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.135 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.0522, 59.8658, 17.9994)
Luminance	0.5986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECC859 #597DEC

analogous

#EC7E59 #ECC859 #C6EC59

triadic

#ECC859 #59ECC8 #C859EC

tetradic

#ECC859 #59EC7E #597DEC #EC59C6

square

#ECC859 #59EC7E #597DEC #EC59C6

split-complementary

#ECC859 #59C6EC #7E59EC

monochromatic

#B68E15 #E6B622 #ECC859 #F2DA90 #F9ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#ECC859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#ECC859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECC859

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECC859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECC859	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecc859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.135 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d88c',
    500: '#ecc859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecc859;
$custom-light: #f6d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecc859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84303,
    "c": 0.13482,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECC859

secondary

#3454B5

accent

#3DDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECC859

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

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