#EECA57#EECA57

#EECA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.138 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECA57
RGB	rgb(238, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.44, 0.05, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.44, 60.47, 89.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% -0.0042 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.138 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.1035, 61.1095, 17.7498)
Luminance	0.6111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECA57 #577BEE

analogous

#EE7E57 #EECA57 #C7EE57

triadic

#EECA57 #57EECA #CA57EE

tetradic

#EECA57 #57EE7E #577BEE #EE57C7

square

#EECA57 #57EE7E #577BEE #EE57C7

split-complementary

#EECA57 #57C7EE #7E57EE

monochromatic

#B89113 #E8B81F #EECA57 #F4DC8F #F9EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EECA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#EECA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECA57

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECA57	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)

#DEC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.138 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d98b',
    500: '#eeca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeca57;
$custom-light: #f7d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.695,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84872,
    "c": 0.13806,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECA57

secondary

#3252B7

accent

#3BDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECA57

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

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