#EEC74B#EEC74B

#EEC74B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.145 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC74B
RGB	rgb(238, 199, 75)
HSL	hsl(46, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 68.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.58, 0.91, 64.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.58, 64.63, 89.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.17% -0.0031 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(84.17% 0.145 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.9563, 59.5353, 15.1467)
Luminance	0.5953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC74B #4B72EE

analogous

#EE764B #EEC74B #C4EE4B

triadic

#EEC74B #4BEEC7 #C74BEE

tetradic

#EEC74B #4BEE76 #4B72EE #EE4BC4

square

#EEC74B #4BEE76 #4B72EE #EE4BC4

split-complementary

#EEC74B #4BC4EE #764BEE

monochromatic

#AE8810 #E6B416 #EEC74B #F3D883 #F9EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EEC74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#EEC74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC74B

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC74B	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 199, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.145 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d784',
    500: '#eec74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec74b;
$custom-light: #f8d784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.644,
    "s": 82.741,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84168,
    "c": 0.14497,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC74B

secondary

#2F4DAF

accent

#3ADF06

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC74B

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

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