#ECD59F#ECD59F

#ECD59F is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.074 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD59F
RGB	rgb(236, 213, 159)
HSL	hsl(42, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(42, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 32.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.97, 0.19, 29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.97, 29.65, 89.64°)
OKLab	oklab(87.92% 0.0031 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(87.92% 0.074 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(64.6453, 67.9266, 42.5000)
Luminance	0.6793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD59F #9FB6EC

analogous

#ECAF9F #ECD59F #DDEC9F

triadic

#ECD59F #9FECD5 #D59FEC

tetradic

#ECD59F #9FECAF #9FB6EC #EC9FDD

square

#ECD59F #9FECAF #9FB6EC #EC9FDD

split-complementary

#ECD59F #9FDDEC #AF9FEC

monochromatic

#D8A839 #E2BF6C #ECD59F #F6EBD2 #FAF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.59

#ECD59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD59F

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD59F	1.00	1.44	14.59	14.59
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7DAA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 213, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.074 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3e1bb',
    500: '#ecd59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd59f;
$custom-light: #f3e1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.078,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8792,
    "c": 0.07439,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD59F

secondary

#6784C8

accent

#4ECF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171512

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD59F

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

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