#EEC43D#EEC43D

#EEC43D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.152 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC43D
RGB	rgb(238, 196, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 84%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 74.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, 1.81, 69.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 69.18, 88.50°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.0021 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.152 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.8453, 57.9974, 12.6672)
Luminance	0.5799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC43D #3D67EE

analogous

#EE6B3D #EEC43D #BFEE3D

triadic

#EEC43D #3DEEC4 #C43DEE

tetradic

#EEC43D #3DEE6B #3D67EE #EE3DBF

square

#EEC43D #3DEE6B #3D67EE #EE3DBF

split-complementary

#EEC43D #3DBFEE #6B3DEE

monochromatic

#A27F0E #DBAB13 #EEC43D #F3D575 #F8E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EEC43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#EEC43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC43D

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC43D	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 196, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.152 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d57c',
    500: '#eec43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec43d;
$custom-light: #f8d57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.763,
    "s": 83.886,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83469,
    "c": 0.15201,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC43D

secondary

#2B48A4

accent

#5EFA2E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC43D

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

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