#EEC647#EEC647

#EEC647 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.147 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC647
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 71)
HSL	hsl(46, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 70.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.30, 1.23, 65.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.30, 65.95, 88.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% -0.0027 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.147 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.5944, 59.0236, 14.3718)
Luminance	0.5902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC647 #476FEE

analogous

#EE7247 #EEC647 #C2EE47

triadic

#EEC647 #47EEC6 #C647EE

tetradic

#EEC647 #47EE72 #476FEE #EE47C2

square

#EEC647 #47EE72 #476FEE #EE47C2

split-complementary

#EEC647 #47C2EE #7247EE

monochromatic

#AB8610 #E3B215 #EEC647 #F3D77F #F8E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EEC647 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#EEC647 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC647

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC647	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC647	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec647;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.147 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d681',
    500: '#eec647',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec647;
$custom-light: #f8d681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec647",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.629,
    "s": 83.085,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83937,
    "c": 0.14705,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC647

secondary

#2D4CAC

accent

#3AE006

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC647

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

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