#ECD459#ECD459

#ECD459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.143 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD459
RGB	rgb(236, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.81, -5.77, 62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.81, 62.40, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(86.71% -0.0206 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(86.71% 0.143 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.9413, 65.6438, 18.9624)
Luminance	0.6564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD459 #5971EC

analogous

#EC8A59 #ECD459 #BAEC59

triadic

#ECD459 #59ECD4 #D459EC

tetradic

#ECD459 #59EC8A #5971EC #EC59BA

square

#ECD459 #59EC8A #5971EC #EC59BA

split-complementary

#ECD459 #59BAEC #8A59EC

monochromatic

#B69C15 #E6C622 #ECD459 #F2E290 #F9F0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#ECD459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#ECD459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD459

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD459	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.143 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e08d',
    500: '#ecd459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd459;
$custom-light: #f5e08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86714,
    "c": 0.14337,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD459

secondary

#3449B5

accent

#2CDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD459

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

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