#EEC73D#EEC73D

#EEC73D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.154 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC73D
RGB	rgb(238, 199, 61)
HSL	hsl(47, 84%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 74.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.49, 0.26, 69.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.49, 69.87, 89.79°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% -0.0066 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.154 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.5288, 59.3643, 12.8950)
Luminance	0.5936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC73D #3D64EE

analogous

#EE6E3D #EEC73D #BCEE3D

triadic

#EEC73D #3DEEC7 #C73DEE

tetradic

#EEC73D #3DEE6E #3D64EE #EE3DBC

square

#EEC73D #3DEE6E #3D64EE #EE3DBC

split-complementary

#EEC73D #3DBCEE #6E3DEE

monochromatic

#A2820E #DBAF13 #EEC73D #F3D775 #F8E7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#EEC73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC73D

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC73D	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 199, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.154 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d77c',
    500: '#eec73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec73d;
$custom-light: #f8d77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.78,
    "s": 83.886,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84064,
    "c": 0.15366,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC73D

secondary

#2B46A4

accent

#5BFA2E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC73D

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

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