#ECD659#ECD659

#ECD659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.145 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD659
RGB	rgb(236, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.33, -6.78, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.33, 63.05, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(87.12% -0.0235 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(87.12% 0.145 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.4443, 66.6499, 19.1301)
Luminance	0.6665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD659 #596FEC

analogous

#EC8C59 #ECD659 #B8EC59

triadic

#ECD659 #59ECD6 #D659EC

tetradic

#ECD659 #59EC8C #596FEC #EC59B8

square

#ECD659 #59EC8C #596FEC #EC59B8

split-complementary

#ECD659 #59B8EC #8C59EC

monochromatic

#B69E15 #E6C822 #ECD659 #F2E490 #F9F1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#ECD659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#ECD659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD659

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD659	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.145 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e28d',
    500: '#ecd659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd659;
$custom-light: #f5e28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.02,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8712,
    "c": 0.14498,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD659

secondary

#3447B5

accent

#29DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD659

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

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