#EEC748#EEC748

#EEC748 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.147 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC748
RGB	rgb(238, 199, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 69.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.56, 0.76, 65.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.56, 65.81, 89.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.14% -0.0039 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(84.14% 0.147 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.8561, 59.4952, 14.6187)
Luminance	0.5949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC748 #486FEE

analogous

#EE7448 #EEC748 #C2EE48

triadic

#EEC748 #48EEC7 #C748EE

tetradic

#EEC748 #48EE74 #486FEE #EE48C2

square

#EEC748 #48EE74 #486FEE #EE48C2

split-complementary

#EEC748 #48C2EE #7448EE

monochromatic

#AC8710 #E4B315 #EEC748 #F3D880 #F8E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC748 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#EEC748 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC748

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC748	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC748	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)

#DCC436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec748;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 199, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.147 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d782',
    500: '#eec748',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec748;
$custom-light: #f8d782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec748",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.904,
    "s": 83,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84143,
    "c": 0.14697,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC748

secondary

#2E4BAC

accent

#39DF06

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC748

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

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