#EEC23D#EEC23D

#EEC23D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.151 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC23D
RGB	rgb(238, 194, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 84%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 74.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, 2.84, 68.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 68.73, 87.63°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% 0.0008 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.151 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.3972, 57.1012, 12.5178)
Luminance	0.5710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC23D #3D69EE

analogous

#EE693D #EEC23D #C1EE3D

triadic

#EEC23D #3DEEC2 #C23DEE

tetradic

#EEC23D #3DEE69 #3D69EE #EE3DC1

square

#EEC23D #3DEE69 #3D69EE #EE3DC1

split-complementary

#EEC23D #3DC1EE #693DEE

monochromatic

#A27E0E #DBA913 #EEC23D #F3D475 #F8E5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EEC23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#EEC23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC23D

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC23D	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 194, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.151 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d47b',
    500: '#eec23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec23d;
$custom-light: #f8d47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.085,
    "s": 83.886,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83074,
    "c": 0.15097,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC23D

secondary

#2B49A4

accent

#60FA2E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC23D

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

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