#ECEA59#ECEA59

#ECEA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.2% C 0.163 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEA59
RGB	rgb(236, 234, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.51, -16.72, 68.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.51, 70.24, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(91.24% -0.0517 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(91.24% 0.163 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.8202, 77.4017, 20.9221)
Luminance	0.7740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEA59 #595BEC

analogous

#ECA059 #ECEA59 #A4EC59

triadic

#ECEA59 #59ECEA #EA59EC

tetradic

#ECEA59 #59ECA0 #595BEC #EC59A4

square

#ECEA59 #59ECA0 #595BEC #EC59A4

split-complementary

#ECEA59 #59A4EC #A059EC

monochromatic

#B6B415 #E6E322 #ECEA59 #F2F190 #F9F8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECEA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.48

#ECEA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEA59

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEA59	1.00	1.27	16.48	16.48
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ecea59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 234, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.2% 0.163 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f08e',
    500: '#ecea59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ecea59;
$custom-light: #f5f08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ecea59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.184,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91239,
    "c": 0.1632,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEA59

secondary

#3436B5

accent

#0DDC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEA59

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

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