#EEC951#EEC951

#EEC951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.142 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC951
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.14, 0.21, 62.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.14, 62.71, 89.81°)
OKLab	oklab(84.62% -0.0045 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(84.62% 0.142 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.6347, 60.5477, 16.4341)
Luminance	0.6055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC951 #5176EE

analogous

#EE7B51 #EEC951 #C4EE51

triadic

#EEC951 #51EEC9 #C951EE

tetradic

#EEC951 #51EE7B #5176EE #EE51C4

square

#EEC951 #51EE7B #5176EE #EE51C4

split-complementary

#EEC951 #51C4EE #7B51EE

monochromatic

#B38D11 #E9B819 #EEC951 #F3DA89 #F9ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EEC951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#EEC951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC951

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC951	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.142 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d987',
    500: '#eec951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec951;
$custom-light: #f7d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.86,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84617,
    "c": 0.14194,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC951

secondary

#304FB3

accent

#3ADF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC951

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

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