#EEC848#EEC848

#EEC848 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.148 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC848
RGB	rgb(238, 200, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 69.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.81, 0.25, 66.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.81, 66.06, 89.79°)
OKLab	oklab(84.34% -0.0054 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(84.34% 0.148 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.0869, 59.9569, 14.6956)
Luminance	0.5995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC848 #486EEE

analogous

#EE7548 #EEC848 #C1EE48

triadic

#EEC848 #48EEC8 #C848EE

tetradic

#EEC848 #48EE75 #486EEE #EE48C1

square

#EEC848 #48EE75 #486EEE #EE48C1

split-complementary

#EEC848 #48C1EE #7548EE

monochromatic

#AC8810 #E4B415 #EEC848 #F3D980 #F8EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EEC848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#EEC848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC848

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC848	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)

#DDC536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 200, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.148 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d882',
    500: '#eec848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec848;
$custom-light: #f8d882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.265,
    "s": 83,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84342,
    "c": 0.14756,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC848

secondary

#2E4BAC

accent

#38DF06

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC848

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

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