#ECE659#ECE659

#ECE659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.751; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.159 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE659
RGB	rgb(236, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.46, -14.76, 67.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.46, 68.72, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(90.41% -0.0462 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(90.41% 0.159 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.6943, 75.1498, 20.5468)
Luminance	0.7515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE659 #595FEC

analogous

#EC9C59 #ECE659 #A8EC59

triadic

#ECE659 #59ECE6 #E659EC

tetradic

#ECE659 #59EC9C #595FEC #EC59A8

square

#ECE659 #59EC9C #595FEC #EC59A8

split-complementary

#ECE659 #59A8EC #9C59EC

monochromatic

#B6AF15 #E6DE22 #ECE659 #F2EE90 #F9F7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.31

#ECE659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.03

#ECE659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE659

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE659	1.00	1.31	16.03	16.03
#FFFFFF	1.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E1E1E1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.159 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ed8e',
    500: '#ece659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece659;
$custom-light: #f5ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90408,
    "c": 0.1593,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE659

secondary

#3439B5

accent

#12DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE659

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

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