#ECD059#ECD059

#ECD059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.140 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD059
RGB	rgb(236, 208, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.79, -3.73, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.79, 61.13, 93.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.91% -0.0148 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(85.91% 0.14 96)
XYZ	xyz(58.9537, 63.6687, 18.6333)
Luminance	0.6367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD059 #5975EC

analogous

#EC8659 #ECD059 #BFEC59

triadic

#ECD059 #59ECD0 #D059EC

tetradic

#ECD059 #59EC86 #5975EC #EC59BF

square

#ECD059 #59EC86 #5975EC #EC59BF

split-complementary

#ECD059 #59BFEC #8659EC

monochromatic

#B69715 #E6C022 #ECD059 #F2E090 #F9EFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#ECD059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#ECD059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD059

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD059	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 208, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.140 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de8c',
    500: '#ecd059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd059;
$custom-light: #f5de8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85906,
    "c": 0.1403,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.63666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD059

secondary

#344CB5

accent

#32DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD059

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

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