#ECE559#ECE559

#ECE559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.746; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.158 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE559
RGB	rgb(236, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.20, -14.27, 66.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.20, 68.35, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(90.2% -0.0448 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(90.2% 0.158 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.4168, 74.5949, 20.4543)
Luminance	0.7459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE559 #5960EC

analogous

#EC9B59 #ECE559 #A9EC59

triadic

#ECE559 #59ECE5 #E559EC

tetradic

#ECE559 #59EC9B #5960EC #EC59A9

square

#ECE559 #59EC9B #5960EC #EC59A9

split-complementary

#ECE559 #59A9EC #9B59EC

monochromatic

#B6AE15 #E6DC22 #ECE559 #F2EE90 #F9F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#ECE559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.92

#ECE559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE559

15.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE559	1.00	1.32	15.92	15.92
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.158 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ec8e',
    500: '#ece559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece559;
$custom-light: #f5ec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90201,
    "c": 0.15833,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE559

secondary

#343AB5

accent

#14DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE559

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

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