#ECE459#ECE459

#ECE459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.157 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE459
RGB	rgb(236, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.94, -13.77, 66.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.94, 67.97, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(89.99% -0.0434 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(89.99% 0.157 106)
XYZ	xyz(64.1409, 74.0431, 20.3623)
Luminance	0.7404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE459 #5961EC

analogous

#EC9A59 #ECE459 #AAEC59

triadic

#ECE459 #59ECE4 #E459EC

tetradic

#ECE459 #59EC9A #5961EC #EC59AA

square

#ECE459 #59EC9A #5961EC #EC59AA

split-complementary

#ECE459 #59AAEC #9A59EC

monochromatic

#B6AD15 #E6DB22 #ECE459 #F2ED90 #F9F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#ECE459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.81

#ECE459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE459

15.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE459	1.00	1.33	15.81	15.81
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.157 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ec8e',
    500: '#ece459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece459;
$custom-light: #f5ec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.735,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89994,
    "c": 0.15739,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.74041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE459

secondary

#343BB5

accent

#15DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE459

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

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