#EECA59#EECA59

#EECA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.137 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECA59
RGB	rgb(238, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.46, 0.18, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.46, 59.61, 89.83°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.0036 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.137 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.1864, 61.1426, 18.1862)
Luminance	0.6114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECA59 #597DEE

analogous

#EE8059 #EECA59 #C8EE59

triadic

#EECA59 #59EECA #CA59EE

tetradic

#EECA59 #59EE80 #597DEE #EE59C8

square

#EECA59 #59EE80 #597DEE #EE59C8

split-complementary

#EECA59 #59C8EE #8059EE

monochromatic

#BA9113 #E8B821 #EECA59 #F4DC91 #F9EDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EECA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#EECA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECA59

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECA59	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eeca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.137 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d98c',
    500: '#eeca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eeca59;
$custom-light: #f7d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eeca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.503,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84891,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECA59

secondary

#3353B9

accent

#3BDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECA59

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

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