#ECE959#ECE959

#ECE959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 91.0% C 0.162 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECE959
RGB	rgb(236, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.25, -16.23, 67.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.25, 69.86, 103.43°)
OKLab	oklab(91.03% -0.0504 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(91.03% 0.162 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.5363, 76.8339, 20.8275)
Luminance	0.7683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECE959 #595CEC

analogous

#EC9F59 #ECE959 #A5EC59

triadic

#ECE959 #59ECE9 #E959EC

tetradic

#ECE959 #59EC9F #595CEC #EC59A5

square

#ECE959 #59EC9F #595CEC #EC59A5

split-complementary

#ECE959 #59A5EC #9F59EC

monochromatic

#B6B315 #E6E222 #ECE959 #F2F090 #F9F8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#ECE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#ECE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECE959

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECE959	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ece959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.0% 0.162 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5ef8e',
    500: '#ece959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ece959;
$custom-light: #f5ef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ece959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91031,
    "c": 0.16222,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.76832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECE959

secondary

#3436B5

accent

#0EDC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECE959

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

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