#ECD159#ECD159

#ECD159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.141 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD159
RGB	rgb(236, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.05, -4.24, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.05, 61.44, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(86.11% -0.0162 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(86.11% 0.141 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.1983, 64.1579, 18.7148)
Luminance	0.6415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD159 #5974EC

analogous

#EC8759 #ECD159 #BDEC59

triadic

#ECD159 #59ECD1 #D159EC

tetradic

#ECD159 #59EC87 #5974EC #EC59BD

square

#ECD159 #59EC87 #5974EC #EC59BD

split-complementary

#ECD159 #59BDEC #8759EC

monochromatic

#B69815 #E6C222 #ECD159 #F2E090 #F9EFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#ECD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#ECD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD159

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD159	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.141 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5de8d',
    500: '#ecd159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd159;
$custom-light: #f5de8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86107,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD159

secondary

#344CB5

accent

#30DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD159

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

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