#ECD959#ECD959

#ECD959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.147 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECD959
RGB	rgb(236, 217, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.10, -8.29, 63.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.10, 64.06, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(87.73% -0.0278 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(87.73% 0.147 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.2105, 68.1824, 19.3855)
Luminance	0.6818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECD959 #596CEC

analogous

#EC8F59 #ECD959 #B5EC59

triadic

#ECD959 #59ECD9 #D959EC

tetradic

#ECD959 #59EC8F #596CEC #EC59B5

square

#ECD959 #59EC8F #596CEC #EC59B5

split-complementary

#ECD959 #59B5EC #8F59EC

monochromatic

#B6A115 #E6CC22 #ECD959 #F2E690 #F9F2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#ECD959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#ECD959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECD959

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECD959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECD959	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecd959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 217, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.147 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e48d',
    500: '#ecd959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecd959;
$custom-light: #f5e48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecd959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.245,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87732,
    "c": 0.14747,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECD959

secondary

#3445B5

accent

#25DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECD959

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

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