#EECA56#EECA56

#EECA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.139 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECA56
RGB	rgb(238, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.43, -0.01, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.43, 60.89, 90.01°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.0045 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.139 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.0630, 61.0933, 17.5362)
Luminance	0.6109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECA56 #567AEE

analogous

#EE7E56 #EECA56 #C6EE56

triadic

#EECA56 #56EECA #CA56EE

tetradic

#EECA56 #56EE7E #567AEE #EE56C6

square

#EECA56 #56EE7E #567AEE #EE56C6

split-complementary

#EECA56 #56C6EE #7E56EE

monochromatic

#B79012 #E8B91E #EECA56 #F4DB8E #F9EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EECA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#EECA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECA56

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECA56	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.139 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d98a',
    500: '#eeca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeca56;
$custom-light: #f7d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84862,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECA56

secondary

#3251B7

accent

#3ADE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECA56

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

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