#EEC956#EEC956

#EEC956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.138 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC956
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.18, 0.50, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.18, 60.62, 89.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84.66% -0.003 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(84.66% 0.138 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.8291, 60.6255, 17.4582)
Luminance	0.6062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC956 #567BEE

analogous

#EE7D56 #EEC956 #C7EE56

triadic

#EEC956 #56EEC9 #C956EE

tetradic

#EEC956 #56EE7D #567BEE #EE56C7

square

#EEC956 #56EE7D #567BEE #EE56C7

split-complementary

#EEC956 #56C7EE #7D56EE

monochromatic

#B78F12 #E8B71E #EEC956 #F4DB8E #F9EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EEC956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#EEC956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC956

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC956	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)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.138 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d98a',
    500: '#eec956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec956;
$custom-light: #f7d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.395,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84663,
    "c": 0.13821,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC956

secondary

#3252B7

accent

#3CDE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC956

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

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