#ECCA59#ECCA59

#ECCA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.136 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCA59
RGB	rgb(236, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.27, -0.66, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.27, 59.36, 90.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.7% -0.0059 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(84.7% 0.136 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.5185, 60.7982, 18.1548)
Luminance	0.6079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECCA59 #597BEC

analogous

#EC8059 #ECCA59 #C5EC59

triadic

#ECCA59 #59ECCA #CA59EC

tetradic

#ECCA59 #59EC80 #597BEC #EC59C5

square

#ECCA59 #59EC80 #597BEC #EC59C5

split-complementary

#ECCA59 #59C5EC #8059EC

monochromatic

#B69115 #E6B822 #ECCA59 #F2DC90 #F9EDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#ECCA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#ECCA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCA59

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCA59	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.136 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d98c',
    500: '#ecca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecca59;
$custom-light: #f5d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.122,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84702,
    "c": 0.1361,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCA59

secondary

#3452B5

accent

#3ADC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCA59

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

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