#ECEB59#ECEB59

#ECEB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.164 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECEB59
RGB	rgb(236, 235, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.77, -17.20, 68.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.77, 70.62, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(91.45% -0.0531 0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(91.45% 0.164 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.1057, 77.9727, 21.0173)
Luminance	0.7797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECEB59 #595AEC

analogous

#ECA159 #ECEB59 #A3EC59

triadic

#ECEB59 #59ECEB #EB59EC

tetradic

#ECEB59 #59ECA1 #595AEC #EC59A3

square

#ECEB59 #59ECA1 #595AEC #EC59A3

split-complementary

#ECEB59 #59A3EC #A159EC

monochromatic

#B6B515 #E6E422 #ECEB59 #F2F290 #F9F8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#ECEB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#ECEB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECEB59

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECEB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECEB59	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eceb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 235, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.164 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f18e',
    500: '#eceb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eceb59;
$custom-light: #f5f18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eceb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.592,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91448,
    "c": 0.16419,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.77971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECEB59

secondary

#3435B5

accent

#0BDC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECEB59

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

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