#ECE259#ECE259

#ECE259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.155 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE259
RGB	rgb(236, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.42, -12.78, 66.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.42, 67.24, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(89.58% -0.0406 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(89.58% 0.156 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.5939, 72.9491, 20.1800)
Luminance	0.7295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE259 #5963EC

analogous

#EC9859 #ECE259 #ACEC59

triadic

#ECE259 #59ECE2 #E259EC

tetradic

#ECE259 #59EC98 #5963EC #EC59AC

square

#ECE259 #59EC98 #5963EC #EC59AC

split-complementary

#ECE259 #59ACEC #9859EC

monochromatic

#B6AB15 #E6D822 #ECE259 #F2EC90 #F9F5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#ECE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#ECE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE259

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE259	1.00	1.35	15.59	15.59
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.155 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ea8e',
    500: '#ece259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece259;
$custom-light: #f5ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.918,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8958,
    "c": 0.1555,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE259

secondary

#343DB5

accent

#18DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE259

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

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