#ECD859#ECD859

#ECD859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.147 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD859
RGB	rgb(236, 216, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.84, -7.79, 63.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.84, 63.72, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(87.53% -0.0264 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(87.53% 0.147 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.9536, 67.6685, 19.2999)
Luminance	0.6767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD859 #596DEC

analogous

#EC8E59 #ECD859 #B6EC59

triadic

#ECD859 #59ECD8 #D859EC

tetradic

#ECD859 #59EC8E #596DEC #EC59B6

square

#ECD859 #59EC8E #596DEC #EC59B6

split-complementary

#ECD859 #59B6EC #8E59EC

monochromatic

#B6A015 #E6CB22 #ECD859 #F2E590 #F9F2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#ECD859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#ECD859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD859

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD859	1.00	1.44	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 216, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.147 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e38d',
    500: '#ecd859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd859;
$custom-light: #f5e38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.837,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87528,
    "c": 0.14663,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD859

secondary

#3445B5

accent

#26DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD859

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

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