#EEC94B#EEC94B

#EEC94B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.146 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC94B
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 75)
HSL	hsl(46, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 68.5%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.09, -0.12, 65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.09, 65.14, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.57% -0.0061 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(84.57% 0.146 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.4195, 60.4617, 15.3011)
Luminance	0.6046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC94B #4B70EE

analogous

#EE784B #EEC94B #C2EE4B

triadic

#EEC94B #4BEEC9 #C94BEE

tetradic

#EEC94B #4BEE78 #4B70EE #EE4BC2

square

#EEC94B #4BEE78 #4B70EE #EE4BC2

split-complementary

#EEC94B #4BC2EE #784BEE

monochromatic

#AE8A10 #E6B716 #EEC94B #F3DA83 #F9EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EEC94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#EEC94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC94B

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC94B	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.146 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d984',
    500: '#eec94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec94b;
$custom-light: #f8d984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.38,
    "s": 82.741,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84565,
    "c": 0.14616,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC94B

secondary

#2F4CAF

accent

#38DF06

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC94B

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

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