#EEC02E#EEC02E

#EEC02E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.157 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC02E
RGB	rgb(238, 192, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 85%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 80.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, 3.34, 73.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 73.20, 87.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% 0.0008 0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.157 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.6061, 56.0773, 10.5321)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC02E #2E5CEE

analogous

#EE602E #EEC02E #BCEE2E

triadic

#EEC02E #2EEEC0 #C02EEE

tetradic

#EEC02E #2EEE60 #2E5CEE #EE2EBC

square

#EEC02E #2EEE60 #2E5CEE #EE2EBC

split-complementary

#EEC02E #2EBCEE #602EEE

monochromatic

#95750C #CEA111 #EEC02E #F3D167 #F7E29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#EEC02E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#EEC02E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC02E

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC02E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC02E	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec02e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 192, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.157 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9d274',
    500: '#eec02e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec02e;
$custom-light: #f9d274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec02e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.625,
    "s": 84.956,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82593,
    "c": 0.15747,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC02E

secondary

#274299

accent

#5EFB2D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#181409

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC02E

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

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