#EEC33D#EEC33D

#EEC33D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.151 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC33D
RGB	rgb(238, 195, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 84%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 74.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, 2.33, 68.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 68.95, 88.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.0006 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.151 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.6205, 57.5478, 12.5922)
Luminance	0.5754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC33D #3D68EE

analogous

#EE6A3D #EEC33D #C0EE3D

triadic

#EEC33D #3DEEC3 #C33DEE

tetradic

#EEC33D #3DEE6A #3D68EE #EE3DC0

square

#EEC33D #3DEE6A #3D68EE #EE3DC0

split-complementary

#EEC33D #3DC0EE #6A3DEE

monochromatic

#A27E0E #DBAA13 #EEC33D #F3D475 #F8E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EEC33D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#EEC33D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC33D

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC33D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC33D	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec33d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 195, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.151 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d47c',
    500: '#eec33d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec33d;
$custom-light: #f8d47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec33d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.424,
    "s": 83.886,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83271,
    "c": 0.15148,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC33D

secondary

#2B48A4

accent

#5FFA2E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC33D

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

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