#EEC957#EEC957

#EEC957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.137 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC957
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.19, 0.57, 60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.19, 60.19, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% -0.0027 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.137 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.8697, 60.6418, 17.6719)
Luminance	0.6064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC957 #577CEE

analogous

#EE7D57 #EEC957 #C7EE57

triadic

#EEC957 #57EEC9 #C957EE

tetradic

#EEC957 #57EE7D #577CEE #EE57C7

square

#EEC957 #57EE7D #577CEE #EE57C7

split-complementary

#EEC957 #57C7EE #7D57EE

monochromatic

#B88F13 #E8B71F #EEC957 #F4DB8F #F9EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EEC957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#EEC957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC957

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC957	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.137 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d98b',
    500: '#eec957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec957;
$custom-light: #f7d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.298,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84673,
    "c": 0.13745,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC957

secondary

#3253B7

accent

#3CDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC957

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

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