#ECDA59#ECDA59

#ECDA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.148 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDA59
RGB	rgb(236, 218, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.36, -8.79, 63.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.36, 64.40, 97.85°)
OKLab	oklab(87.94% -0.0292 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(87.94% 0.148 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.4691, 68.6995, 19.4717)
Luminance	0.6870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDA59 #596BEC

analogous

#EC9059 #ECDA59 #B4EC59

triadic

#ECDA59 #59ECDA #DA59EC

tetradic

#ECDA59 #59EC90 #596BEC #EC59B4

square

#ECDA59 #59EC90 #596BEC #EC59B4

split-complementary

#ECDA59 #59B4EC #9059EC

monochromatic

#B6A215 #E6CE22 #ECDA59 #F2E690 #F9F2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#ECDA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#ECDA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDA59

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDA59	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCCBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecda59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 218, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.148 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e58d',
    500: '#ecda59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecda59;
$custom-light: #f5e58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecda59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87936,
    "c": 0.14832,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDA59

secondary

#3444B5

accent

#23DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDA59

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

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