#EEC855#EEC855

#EEC855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.138 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC855
RGB	rgb(238, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.92, 0.96, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.92, 60.78, 89.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% -0.0018 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.138 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.5567, 60.1448, 17.1701)
Luminance	0.6014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC855 #557BEE

analogous

#EE7B55 #EEC855 #C7EE55

triadic

#EEC855 #55EEC8 #C855EE

tetradic

#EEC855 #55EE7B #557BEE #EE55C7

square

#EEC855 #55EE7B #557BEE #EE55C7

split-complementary

#EEC855 #55C7EE #7B55EE

monochromatic

#B68E12 #E8B61D #EEC855 #F4DA8D #F9ECC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EEC855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#EEC855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC855

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC855	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.138 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d88a',
    500: '#eec855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec855;
$custom-light: #f7d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.098,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84455,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC855

secondary

#3152B6

accent

#3DDE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC855

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

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