#ECE59F#ECE59F

#ECE59F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.764; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.089 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE59F
RGB	rgb(236, 229, 159)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(55, 33%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 32.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.03, -7.95, 35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.03, 35.95, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(91.13% -0.0204 0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(91.13% 0.089 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(68.8701, 76.3762, 43.9083)
Luminance	0.7638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE59F #9FA6EC

analogous

#ECBE9F #ECE59F #CDEC9F

triadic

#ECE59F #9FECE5 #E59FEC

tetradic

#ECE59F #9FECBE #9FA6EC #EC9FCD

square

#ECE59F #9FECBE #9FA6EC #EC9FCD

split-complementary

#ECE59F #9FCDEC #BE9FEC

monochromatic

#D8C939 #E2D76C #ECE59F #F6F3D2 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#ECE59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.28

#ECE59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE59F

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE59F	1.00	1.29	16.28	16.28
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E09A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E4A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7DCD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 229, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.089 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3edbc',
    500: '#ece59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece59f;
$custom-light: #f3edbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9113,
    "c": 0.08945,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.76375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE59F

secondary

#6770C8

accent

#27CF17

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFDF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE59F

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

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