#ECE591#ECE591

#ECE591 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.9% C 0.105 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE591
RGB	rgb(236, 229, 145)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(55, 39%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 38.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.82, -9.54, 41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.82, 42.88, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(90.89% -0.0258 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(90.89% 0.105 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.7233, 75.9175, 37.8686)
Luminance	0.7592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE591 #9198EC

analogous

#ECB891 #ECE591 #C5EC91

triadic

#ECE591 #91ECE5 #E591EC

tetradic

#ECE591 #91ECB8 #9198EC #EC91C5

square

#ECE591 #91ECB8 #9198EC #EC91C5

split-complementary

#ECE591 #91C5EC #B891EC

monochromatic

#DACC29 #E3D95D #ECE591 #F5F1C5 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#ECE591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.18

#ECE591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE591

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE591	1.00	1.30	16.18	16.18
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DF8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8DBD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 229, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.9% 0.105 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3edb2',
    500: '#ece591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece591;
$custom-light: #f3edb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 70.543,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90892,
    "c": 0.1054,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.75916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE591

secondary

#5A62C7

accent

#22D313

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE591

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

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