#EEC851#EEC851

#EEC851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.141 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC851
RGB	rgb(238, 200, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.88, 0.73, 62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.88, 62.45, 89.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.003 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.141 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.4023, 60.0830, 16.3567)
Luminance	0.6008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC851 #5177EE

analogous

#EE7A51 #EEC851 #C5EE51

triadic

#EEC851 #51EEC8 #C851EE

tetradic

#EEC851 #51EE7A #5177EE #EE51C5

square

#EEC851 #51EE7A #5177EE #EE51C5

split-complementary

#EEC851 #51C5EE #7A51EE

monochromatic

#B38C11 #E9B619 #EEC851 #F3DA89 #F9EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EEC851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#EEC851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC851

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC851	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 200, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.141 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d887',
    500: '#eec851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec851;
$custom-light: #f7d887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.478,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84418,
    "c": 0.14134,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC851

secondary

#3050B3

accent

#3BDF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC851

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

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