#ECCE59#ECCE59

#ECCE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.139 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECCE59
RGB	rgb(236, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.28, -2.71, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.28, 60.52, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.5% -0.0118 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(85.5% 0.139 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.4692, 62.6997, 18.4718)
Luminance	0.6270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECCE59 #5977EC

analogous

#EC8459 #ECCE59 #C0EC59

triadic

#ECCE59 #59ECCE #CE59EC

tetradic

#ECCE59 #59EC84 #5977EC #EC59C0

square

#ECCE59 #59EC84 #5977EC #EC59C0

split-complementary

#ECCE59 #59C0EC #8459EC

monochromatic

#B69515 #E6BE22 #ECCE59 #F2DE90 #F9EEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#ECCE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#ECCE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECCE59

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECCE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECCE59	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.139 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dc8c',
    500: '#ecce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecce59;
$custom-light: #f5dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85503,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECCE59

secondary

#344EB5

accent

#35DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECCE59

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

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