#ECED59#ECED59

#ECED59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 91.9% C 0.166 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ECED59
RGB	rgb(236, 237, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.4%, 0%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.29, -18.18, 69.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.29, 71.40, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(91.87% -0.0559 0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(91.87% 0.166 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.6815, 79.1243, 21.2092)
Luminance	0.7912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ECED59 #5A59ED

analogous

#EDA459 #ECED59 #A2ED59

triadic

#ECED59 #59ECED #ED59EC

tetradic

#ECED59 #59EDA4 #5A59ED #ED59A2

square

#ECED59 #59EDA4 #5A59ED #ED59A2

split-complementary

#ECED59 #59A2ED #A459ED

monochromatic

#B7B814 #E6E722 #ECED59 #F2F390 #F9F9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#ECED59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.82

#ECED59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ECED59

16.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ECED59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ECED59	1.00	1.25	16.82	16.82
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCDFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eced59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 237, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.9% 0.166 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f28f',
    500: '#eced59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eced59;
$custom-light: #f5f28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eced59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.405,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91865,
    "c": 0.1662,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ECED59

secondary

#3433B7

accent

#09DD0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #ECED59

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

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