#ECE059#ECE059

#ECE059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.154 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE059
RGB	rgb(236, 224, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.90, -11.79, 65.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.90, 66.51, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(89.17% -0.0378 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(89.17% 0.154 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.0532, 71.8677, 19.9998)
Luminance	0.7187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE059 #5965EC

analogous

#EC9659 #ECE059 #AEEC59

triadic

#ECE059 #59ECE0 #E059EC

tetradic

#ECE059 #59EC96 #5965EC #EC59AE

square

#ECE059 #59EC96 #5965EC #EC59AE

split-complementary

#ECE059 #59AEEC #9659EC

monochromatic

#B6A915 #E6D622 #ECE059 #F2EA90 #F9F5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#ECE059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#ECE059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE059

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE059	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7DF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 224, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.154 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e98e',
    500: '#ece059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece059;
$custom-light: #f5e98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89168,
    "c": 0.15366,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE059

secondary

#343EB5

accent

#1BDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE059

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

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