#EEC64B#EEC64B

#EEC64B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.144 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC64B
RGB	rgb(238, 198, 75)
HSL	hsl(45, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 68.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, 1.43, 64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 64.38, 88.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% -0.0017 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.144 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.7270, 59.0767, 15.0703)
Luminance	0.5907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC64B #4B73EE

analogous

#EE754B #EEC64B #C5EE4B

triadic

#EEC64B #4BEEC6 #C64BEE

tetradic

#EEC64B #4BEE75 #4B73EE #EE4BC5

square

#EEC64B #4BEE75 #4B73EE #EE4BC5

split-complementary

#EEC64B #4BC5EE #754BEE

monochromatic

#AE8710 #E6B316 #EEC64B #F3D883 #F9E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EEC64B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#EEC64B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC64B

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC64B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC64B	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec64b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 198, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.144 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d683',
    500: '#eec64b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec64b;
$custom-light: #f8d683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec64b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.276,
    "s": 82.741,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83969,
    "c": 0.1444,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC64B

secondary

#2F4EAF

accent

#3CDF06

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC64B

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

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