#EEC948#EEC948

#EEC948 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.148 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC948
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 69.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.07, -0.27, 66.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.07, 66.31, 90.23°)
OKLab	oklab(84.54% -0.0069 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(84.54% 0.148 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.3193, 60.4216, 14.7731)
Luminance	0.6042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC948 #486DEE

analogous

#EE7648 #EEC948 #C0EE48

triadic

#EEC948 #48EEC9 #C948EE

tetradic

#EEC948 #48EE76 #486DEE #EE48C0

square

#EEC948 #48EE76 #486DEE #EE48C0

split-complementary

#EEC948 #48C0EE #7648EE

monochromatic

#AC8910 #E4B615 #EEC948 #F3DA80 #F8EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EEC948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#EEC948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC948

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC948	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.148 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d982',
    500: '#eec948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec948;
$custom-light: #f8d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.627,
    "s": 83,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84541,
    "c": 0.14816,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC948

secondary

#2E4AAC

accent

#37DF06

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC948

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

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