#ECD259#ECD259

#ECD259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.142 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD259
RGB	rgb(236, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.30, -4.75, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.30, 61.76, 94.41°)
OKLab	oklab(86.31% -0.0177 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(86.31% 0.142 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.4444, 64.6501, 18.7968)
Luminance	0.6465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD259 #5973EC

analogous

#EC8859 #ECD259 #BCEC59

triadic

#ECD259 #59ECD2 #D259EC

tetradic

#ECD259 #59EC88 #5973EC #EC59BC

square

#ECD259 #59EC88 #5973EC #EC59BC

split-complementary

#ECD259 #59BCEC #8859EC

monochromatic

#B69915 #E6C322 #ECD259 #F2E190 #F9F0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#ECD259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#ECD259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD259

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD259	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.142 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5df8d',
    500: '#ecd259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd259;
$custom-light: #f5df8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.388,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86309,
    "c": 0.14181,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD259

secondary

#344BB5

accent

#2FDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD259

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

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