#EECA51#EECA51

#EECA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.143 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECA51
RGB	rgb(238, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 66%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.39, -0.30, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.39, 62.98, 90.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.82% -0.006 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(84.82% 0.143 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.8685, 61.0155, 16.5121)
Luminance	0.6101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECA51 #5175EE

analogous

#EE7B51 #EECA51 #C4EE51

triadic

#EECA51 #51EECA #CA51EE

tetradic

#EECA51 #51EE7B #5175EE #EE51C4

square

#EECA51 #51EE7B #5175EE #EE51C4

split-complementary

#EECA51 #51C4EE #7B51EE

monochromatic

#B38E11 #E9B919 #EECA51 #F3DB89 #F9ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EECA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#EECA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECA51

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECA51	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.143 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d987',
    500: '#eeca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeca51;
$custom-light: #f7d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.242,
    "s": 82.199,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84816,
    "c": 0.14256,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECA51

secondary

#304EB3

accent

#38DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECA51

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

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