#EEC83D#EEC83D

#EEC83D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.154 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC83D
RGB	rgb(238, 200, 61)
HSL	hsl(47, 84%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 74.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -0.26, 70.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 70.11, 90.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.008 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.154 93)
XYZ	xyz(56.7596, 59.8260, 12.9719)
Luminance	0.5982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC83D #3D63EE

analogous

#EE6F3D #EEC83D #BBEE3D

triadic

#EEC83D #3DEEC8 #C83DEE

tetradic

#EEC83D #3DEE6F #3D63EE #EE3DBB

square

#EEC83D #3DEE6F #3D63EE #EE3DBB

split-complementary

#EEC83D #3DBBEE #6F3DEE

monochromatic

#A2830E #DBB013 #EEC83D #F3D875 #F8E8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EEC83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#EEC83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC83D

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC83D	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 200, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.154 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d87c',
    500: '#eec83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec83d;
$custom-light: #f8d87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.119,
    "s": 83.886,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84263,
    "c": 0.15424,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.59823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC83D

secondary

#2B45A4

accent

#5AFA2E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC83D

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

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