#EEC747#EEC747

#EEC747 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.148 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC747
RGB	rgb(238, 199, 71)
HSL	hsl(46, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 70.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.56, 0.71, 66.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.56, 66.19, 89.38°)
OKLab	oklab(84.14% -0.0042 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(84.14% 0.148 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.8237, 59.4823, 14.4483)
Luminance	0.5948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC747 #476EEE

analogous

#EE7347 #EEC747 #C1EE47

triadic

#EEC747 #47EEC7 #C747EE

tetradic

#EEC747 #47EE73 #476EEE #EE47C1

square

#EEC747 #47EE73 #476EEE #EE47C1

split-complementary

#EEC747 #47C1EE #7347EE

monochromatic

#AB8710 #E3B315 #EEC747 #F3D87F #F8E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC747 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#EEC747 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC747

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC747	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC747	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec747;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 199, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.148 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d781',
    500: '#eec747',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec747;
$custom-light: #f8d781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec747",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.988,
    "s": 83.085,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84135,
    "c": 0.14762,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC747

secondary

#2D4BAC

accent

#39E006

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC747

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

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