#ECDB59#ECDB59

#ECDB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.149 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECDB59
RGB	rgb(236, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.61, -9.30, 64.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.61, 64.74, 98.26°)
OKLab	oklab(88.14% -0.0307 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(88.14% 0.149 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.7292, 69.2197, 19.5584)
Luminance	0.6922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECDB59 #596AEC

analogous

#EC9159 #ECDB59 #B3EC59

triadic

#ECDB59 #59ECDB #DB59EC

tetradic

#ECDB59 #59EC91 #596AEC #EC59B3

square

#ECDB59 #59EC91 #596AEC #EC59B3

split-complementary

#ECDB59 #59B3EC #9159EC

monochromatic

#B6A315 #E6CF22 #ECDB59 #F2E790 #F9F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#ECDB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84

#ECDB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECDB59

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECDB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECDB59	1.00	1.41	14.84	14.84
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCDC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecdb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.149 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e58d',
    500: '#ecdb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecdb59;
$custom-light: #f5e58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecdb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.061,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88141,
    "c": 0.14919,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECDB59

secondary

#3443B5

accent

#22DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECDB59

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

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