#EEC84B#EEC84B

#EEC84B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.146 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC84B
RGB	rgb(238, 200, 75)
HSL	hsl(46, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 68.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.84, 0.40, 64.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.84, 64.88, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(84.37% -0.0046 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(84.37% 0.146 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.1872, 59.9970, 15.2237)
Luminance	0.5999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC84B #4B71EE

analogous

#EE774B #EEC84B #C3EE4B

triadic

#EEC84B #4BEEC8 #C84BEE

tetradic

#EEC84B #4BEE77 #4B71EE #EE4BC3

square

#EEC84B #4BEE77 #4B71EE #EE4BC3

split-complementary

#EEC84B #4BC3EE #774BEE

monochromatic

#AE8910 #E6B616 #EEC84B #F3D983 #F9EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EEC84B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#EEC84B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC84B

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC84B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC84B	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec84b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 200, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.146 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d884',
    500: '#eec84b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec84b;
$custom-light: #f8d884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec84b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.012,
    "s": 82.741,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84366,
    "c": 0.14555,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC84B

secondary

#2F4CAF

accent

#39DF06

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC84B

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

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