#EEC955#EEC955

#EEC955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.139 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC955
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.17, 0.44, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.17, 61.04, 89.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.65% -0.0033 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(84.65% 0.139 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.7891, 60.6095, 17.2475)
Luminance	0.6061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC955 #557AEE

analogous

#EE7C55 #EEC955 #C6EE55

triadic

#EEC955 #55EEC9 #C955EE

tetradic

#EEC955 #55EE7C #557AEE #EE55C6

square

#EEC955 #55EE7C #557AEE #EE55C6

split-complementary

#EEC955 #55C6EE #7C55EE

monochromatic

#B68F12 #E8B71D #EEC955 #F4DB8D #F9ECC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EEC955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#EEC955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC955

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC955	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.139 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d98a',
    500: '#eec955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec955;
$custom-light: #f7d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.49,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84654,
    "c": 0.13898,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC955

secondary

#3151B6

accent

#3BDE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC955

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

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