#EECB56#EECB56

#EECB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.139 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECB56
RGB	rgb(238, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.68, -0.52, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.68, 61.17, 90.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.006 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.139 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.2984, 61.5640, 17.6146)
Luminance	0.6156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECB56 #5679EE

analogous

#EE7F56 #EECB56 #C5EE56

triadic

#EECB56 #56EECB #CB56EE

tetradic

#EECB56 #56EE7F #5679EE #EE56C5

square

#EECB56 #56EE7F #5679EE #EE56C5

split-complementary

#EECB56 #56C5EE #7F56EE

monochromatic

#B79112 #E8BA1E #EECB56 #F4DC8E #F9EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#EECB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#EECB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECB56

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECB56	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.139 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7da8a',
    500: '#eecb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecb56;
$custom-light: #f7da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.184,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85061,
    "c": 0.13947,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECB56

secondary

#3250B7

accent

#39DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECB56

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

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