#ECE159#ECE159

#ECE159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.155 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE159
RGB	rgb(236, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.16, -12.29, 65.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.16, 66.87, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(89.37% -0.0392 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(89.37% 0.155 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.3228, 72.4068, 20.0896)
Luminance	0.7240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE159 #5964EC

analogous

#EC9759 #ECE159 #ADEC59

triadic

#ECE159 #59ECE1 #E159EC

tetradic

#ECE159 #59EC97 #5964EC #EC59AD

square

#ECE159 #59EC97 #5964EC #EC59AD

split-complementary

#ECE159 #59ADEC #9759EC

monochromatic

#B6AA15 #E6D722 #ECE159 #F2EB90 #F9F5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#ECE159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#ECE159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE159

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE159	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.155 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea8e',
    500: '#ece159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece159;
$custom-light: #f5ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.51,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89374,
    "c": 0.15457,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE159

secondary

#343DB5

accent

#19DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE159

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

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