#EEC959#EEC959

#EEC959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.136 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EEC959
RGB	rgb(238, 201, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.20, 0.69, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.20, 59.34, 89.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.69% -0.0021 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(84.69% 0.136 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.9525, 60.6749, 18.1082)
Luminance	0.6067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EEC959 #597EEE

analogous

#EE7F59 #EEC959 #C8EE59

triadic

#EEC959 #59EEC9 #C959EE

tetradic

#EEC959 #59EE7F #597EEE #EE59C8

square

#EEC959 #59EE7F #597EEE #EE59C8

split-complementary

#EEC959 #59C8EE #7F59EE

monochromatic

#BA9013 #E8B721 #EEC959 #F4DB91 #F9EDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EEC959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#EEC959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EEC959

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EEC959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EEC959	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)

#DDC64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eec959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 201, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.136 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d98c',
    500: '#eec959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eec959;
$custom-light: #f7d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eec959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.101,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84693,
    "c": 0.13589,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EEC959

secondary

#3354B9

accent

#3DDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EEC959

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

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