#EECB61#EECB61

#EECB61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.131 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EECB61
RGB	rgb(238, 203, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 59.2%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.78, 0.19, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.78, 56.38, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(85.17% -0.0026 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(85.17% 0.131 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.7761, 61.7552, 20.1310)
Luminance	0.6175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EECB61 #6184EE

analogous

#EE8461 #EECB61 #CBEE61

triadic

#EECB61 #61EECB #CB61EE

tetradic

#EECB61 #61EE84 #6184EE #EE61CB

square

#EECB61 #61EE84 #6184EE #EE61CB

split-complementary

#EECB61 #61CBEE #8461EE

monochromatic

#C09515 #E8B92A #EECB61 #F4DD98 #FAEFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#EECB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#EECB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EECB61

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EECB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EECB61	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)

#DFC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eecb61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(238, 203, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.131 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7da91',
    500: '#eecb61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eecb61;
$custom-light: #f7da91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eecb61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 238,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85174,
    "c": 0.13063,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EECB61

secondary

#3557BE

accent

#3DDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EECB61

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

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