#EEC847#EEC847

#EEC847 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.148 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC847
RGB	rgb(238, 200, 71)
HSL	hsl(46, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 70.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.81, 0.20, 66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.81, 66.44, 89.83°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.0057 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.148 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.0546, 59.9439, 14.5252)
Luminance	0.5994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC847 #476DEE

analogous

#EE7447 #EEC847 #C1EE47

triadic

#EEC847 #47EEC8 #C847EE

tetradic

#EEC847 #47EE74 #476DEE #EE47C1

square

#EEC847 #47EE74 #476DEE #EE47C1

split-complementary

#EEC847 #47C1EE #7447EE

monochromatic

#AB8810 #E3B415 #EEC847 #F3D97F #F8E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EEC847 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#EEC847 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC847

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC847	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC847	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec847;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 200, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.148 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d881',
    500: '#eec847',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec847;
$custom-light: #f8d881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec847",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.347,
    "s": 83.085,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84334,
    "c": 0.14821,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC847

secondary

#2D4AAC

accent

#37E006

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC847

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

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