#EECB60#EECB60

#EECB60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.131 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECB60
RGB	rgb(238, 203, 96)
HSL	hsl(45, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 59.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.77, 0.12, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.77, 56.82, 89.88°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.0029 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.131 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.7298, 61.7366, 19.8870)
Luminance	0.6173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECB60 #6083EE

analogous

#EE8460 #EECB60 #CAEE60

triadic

#EECB60 #60EECB #CB60EE

tetradic

#EECB60 #60EE84 #6083EE #EE60CA

square

#EECB60 #60EE84 #6083EE #EE60CA

split-complementary

#EECB60 #60CAEE #8460EE

monochromatic

#BF9514 #E8B929 #EECB60 #F4DD97 #FAEFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EECB60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#EECB60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECB60

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECB60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECB60	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecb60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 203, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.131 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7da91',
    500: '#eecb60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecb60;
$custom-light: #f7da91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecb60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.211,
    "s": 80.682,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85163,
    "c": 0.13146,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECB60

secondary

#3556BD

accent

#3DDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECB60

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

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