#EEC53D#EEC53D

#EEC53D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.153 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC53D
RGB	rgb(238, 197, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 84%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 74.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, 1.29, 69.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 69.41, 88.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.0036 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.153 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.0716, 58.4500, 12.7426)
Luminance	0.5845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC53D #3D66EE

analogous

#EE6C3D #EEC53D #BEEE3D

triadic

#EEC53D #3DEEC5 #C53DEE

tetradic

#EEC53D #3DEE6C #3D66EE #EE3DBE

square

#EEC53D #3DEE6C #3D66EE #EE3DBE

split-complementary

#EEC53D #3DBEEE #6C3DEE

monochromatic

#A2800E #DBAC13 #EEC53D #F3D675 #F8E7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EEC53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#EEC53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC53D

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC53D	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 197, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.153 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d67c',
    500: '#eec53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec53d;
$custom-light: #f8d67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.102,
    "s": 83.886,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83667,
    "c": 0.15254,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC53D

secondary

#2B47A4

accent

#5DFA2E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC53D

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

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