#EEC63D#EEC63D

#EEC63D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.153 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC63D
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 84%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 74.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.24, 0.78, 69.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.24, 69.64, 89.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.87% -0.0051 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(83.87% 0.153 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.2995, 58.9056, 12.8185)
Luminance	0.5890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC63D #3D65EE

analogous

#EE6D3D #EEC63D #BDEE3D

triadic

#EEC63D #3DEEC6 #C63DEE

tetradic

#EEC63D #3DEE6D #3D65EE #EE3DBD

square

#EEC63D #3DEE6D #3D65EE #EE3DBD

split-complementary

#EEC63D #3DBDEE #6D3DEE

monochromatic

#A2810E #DBAE13 #EEC63D #F3D775 #F8E7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EEC63D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#EEC63D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC63D

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC63D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC63D	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec63d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.153 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d67c',
    500: '#eec63d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec63d;
$custom-light: #f8d67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec63d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.441,
    "s": 83.886,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83865,
    "c": 0.15309,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC63D

secondary

#2B46A4

accent

#5CFA2E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC63D

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

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