#ECE359#ECE359

#ECE359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.156 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE359
RGB	rgb(236, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.68, -13.28, 66.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.68, 67.60, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(89.79% -0.042 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(89.79% 0.156 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.8666, 73.4945, 20.2709)
Luminance	0.7349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE359 #5962EC

analogous

#EC9959 #ECE359 #ABEC59

triadic

#ECE359 #59ECE3 #E359EC

tetradic

#ECE359 #59EC99 #5962EC #EC59AB

square

#ECE359 #59EC99 #5962EC #EC59AB

split-complementary

#ECE359 #59ABEC #9959EC

monochromatic

#B6AC15 #E6DA22 #ECE359 #F2EC90 #F9F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#ECE359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.70

#ECE359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE359

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE359	1.00	1.34	15.70	15.70
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.156 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5eb8e',
    500: '#ece359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece359;
$custom-light: #f5eb8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.327,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89787,
    "c": 0.15644,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE359

secondary

#343CB5

accent

#17DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE359

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

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